Am. jour.pharm.|    Beviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  Ill 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Year-Book  of  Pharmacy,  comprising  abstracts  of  papers  relating  to  Pharmacy, 
Materia  Medica  and  Chemistry,  contributed  to  British  and  foreign  jour- 
nals, from  July  1, 1886,  to  June  30,  1887 ;  with  the  Transactions  of  the 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  at  the  twenty-fourth  annual  meeting, 
held  at  Manchester,  August,  1887.  London:  J.  &  A.  Churchill,  1887. 
8vo,  pp.  631. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  thirty-fifth  an- 
nual meeting  held  at  Cincinnati,  0.,  September,  1887  ;  also  the  Constitu- 
tion, By-Laws  and  Roll  of  Members.  Philadelphia:  Published  by  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  1887.    8vo,  pp.  XX  and  729. 
These  two  annual  publications  have  both  been  issued  in  January.  They 
contain  the  full  minutes  of  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  publish- 
ing the  book,  including  the  papers  read,  reports  of  officers  and  committees, 
etc.  Among  the  latter  is  the  "  unofficial  formulary  "  accepted  by  the  Con- 
ference, and  comprising  formulas  for  thirty-seven  pharmaceutical  prepara- 
tions not  contained  in  the  British  Pharmacopoeia.  The  formulary  prepared 
by  a  Committee  of  the  American  Association  is  by  far  more  extensive  as 
might  be  expected,  considering  the  large  territory,  the  most  urgent  wants 
of  which  it  is  intended  to  supply.  It  was  intended  to  be  printed  in  the  pre- 
sent volume  of  Proceedings,  which,  however,  would  have  considerably  de- 
layed the  distribution  of  the  latter ;  hence  the  Council  authorized,  for  the 
present,  the  omission  of  the  Formulary  "  which  will  be  furnished  to  the 
members  as  soon  as  completed. 
The  minutes  and  papers,  a  full  synopsis  of  which  has  been  given  in  the 
October  number  of  this  Journal,  occupy  in  each  of  the  volumes  nearl}''  two 
hundred  pages,  the  number  of  papers  read  before  the  Conference  exceeding 
by  five  those  read  at  Cincinnati ;  and  respectively,  317  and  371  pages  are  oc- 
cupied by  the  Year-book  and  the  Report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  the 
former  being  supplemented  by  a  list  of  books  and  pamphlets  on  pharmacy 
and  collateral  branches  published  during  the  preceding  year. 
Both  volumes,  like  their  predecessors,  are  of  permanent  value  to  the 
pharmacist  and  druggist  as  books  of  reference  to  the  pharmaceutical  litera- 
ture during  the  preceding  year. 
Organic  Analysis.  A  manual  of  the  descriptive  and  analytical  chemistry  of 
certain  carbon  compounds  in  common  use.  For  the  qualitative  and  quan- 
titative analysis  of  organic  materials ;  commercial  and  pharmaceutical  as- 
says ;  the  estimation  of  impurities  under  authorized  standards ;  forensic 
examination  of  poisons  ;  and  elementary  organic  analysis.  By  Albert  B. 
Prescott,  Ph.D.,  M.D.,  Director  of  the  Chemical  Laboratory  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan,  etc.  New^  York :  D.  Van  Xostrand,  Publisher,  1887. 
8vo,  pp.  533. 
It  appears  to  us  that  the  aim  and  character  of  the  work  are  summarized 
in  the  following  sentences  quoted  from  the  Author's  preface  :  "  As  a  mere 
changeful  body  of  directions,  giving  the  latest  expedients  in  methods,  analy- 
