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Correspondence. 
[  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I  September,  1905. 
The  printing  began  in  June,  1904,  and  progressed  steadily  until 
June  17,  1905.  At  that  time  an  imperfect  sample  copy  was  printed 
in  order  to  obtain  measurements  for  the  size  of  cloth  and  leather 
sheets  to  be  used  in  binding.  The  first  complete  unbound  copy 
was  furnished  June  24th.  Then  followed  cloth-bound  copies.  The 
first  edition  consisted  of  10,000  copies.  This  was  printed  in  two 
runs;  the  first  of  2,000  copies,  and  the  second,  two  weeks  later,  of 
8,000  copies.  This  division  of  the  edition  was  made  in  order  that 
the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Revision  could  be  notified  of 
typographical  and  other  errors  discovered  in  the  2,000  copies,  and 
have  the  corrections  made  in  the  plates  before  the  8,000  copies 
were  printed.  The  chairman  states  that  no  serious  errors  were 
discovered,  but,  of  course,  it  was  desirable  to  correct  typographical 
errors,  even  as  small  as  the  omission  of  a  bracket  or  an  apostrophe. 
The  second  edition  of  5,000  was  ordered  bound  July  21st.  A  third 
edition  has  been  printed  and  will  be  bound  as  soon  as  the  distrib- 
uting agent  can  give  an  idea  of  the  styles  of  binding  desired. 
Of  course,  corrections  have  been  made  in  the  plates  for  each 
edition  as  fast  as  errors  were  pointed  out  to  the  chairman  of  the 
committee.  The  different  editions  are  designated  by  the  serial  let- 
ter on  the  printed  coupon  in  the  front  of  the  book.  "  A  "  desig- 
nates the  first  edition  of  10,000,  "  B  "  the  second  edition  of  5,000, 
"C  "  the  third  edition  of  5,000.  The  fourth  edition  will  bear  the 
letter  "  D."  It  is  estimated  on  good  authority  that  at  least  20,000 
copies  will  be  sold  before  January  1,  1906.  The  Board  of  Trustees 
will  use  the  profit  on  these  volumes  in  paying  the  expenses  already 
incurred,  and,  as  soon  as  possible,  send  the  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Revision  checks  for  the  honorarium  voted  by  the  Board 
of  Trustees  at  the  annual  meeting  in  May  and  announced  in  the 
report  of  that  meeting. 
Errors  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  should  be  reported  without  delay  to 
Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  1832  Pine  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  so 
that  corrections  can  be  made  in  the  plates  before  another  edition  is 
printed.  Criticisms  and  suggestions  for  the  next  revision  should 
also  be  mailed  direct  to  Professor  Remington.  Requests  for  per- 
mission to  use  portions  of  the  text  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  in 
commentaries,  works  of  reference,  text-books  and  other  similar 
publications  should  be  made  direct  to  the  chairman  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  Charles  E.  Dohme,  Baltimore,  Md. 
