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two  miles  below,  to  partake  of  a  dinner  provided  by  the  Washington  Asso- 
ciation, after  which  they  returned,  stopping  at  Fort  "Washington  a  few 
minutes,  and  arrived  at  the  city  at  about  7  o'clock  to  resume  their  duties. 
Since  writing  the  above,  we  have  received  the  following  notice  from  S. 
S.  Garrigues,  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee,  which  is  inserted  for 
the  information  of  members  of  the  Association,  and  others.  We  are  glad 
to  learn  that  the  Committee  have  been  able  to  place  the  price  of  the  work 
so  low,  as  we  doubt  not  that  very  many  pharmaceutists  throughout  the 
country  will  like  to  have  a  copy,  if  it  is  only  for  the  valuable  information 
of  the  Pharmacopoeia  report  and  the  report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy. 
"The  Proceedings  of  the  Seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  held  in  Washington,  will  be  published  about  the 
12th  of  November.  Besides  the  minutes  of  the  meeting,  it  will  contain,  The 
Report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  Report  on  a  Syllabus  for  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Student,  Report  on  Weights  and  Measures,  Report  on  Home 
Adulterations,  Report  on  the  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  &c. 
Also,  scientific  papers  and  essays  by  Stearns  on  the  Medical  Plants  of 
Michigan,  Grahame  on  Displacement,  Procter  on  Nicotina,  Bullock  on 
Blue  Mass,  Dupuy  on  the  Saccharides,  Stabler  on  Podophyllin,  Donnelly 
on  the  Oil  of  Brazil  Nut,  Battey  on  the  Fecula  of  Maranta  Arundinacea  and 
its  production  in  the  United  States,  Maisch  on  the  Adulterations  of  the 
Volatile  Oils,  Colcord  on  the  Subject  of  the  Professional  Intercourse  between 
Physicians  and  Pharmaceutists,  James  on  the  culture  of  the  Liquorice  Plant 
in  the  United  States, Stearns  on  the  application  of  our  Native  Wines  in  Phar- 
macy, Thayer  on  Fluid  Extracts,  Squibb  on  Improved  Methods  for  Pharma- 
ceutical Preparations,  Procter  on  the  influence  which  Manufacturing 
Pharmacy  has  had  and  is  having  on  Pharmacy  and  the  Pharmaceutists  of 
the  United  States,  Merrill  on  the  Solubility  of  all  Medical  principles  in 
Alcohol,  and  Stearns  on  the  Peppermint  Plantation  of  Michigan,  making  a 
volume  of  between  400  and  500  pages.  Price  in  paper  75  cents  ;  in  boards, 
$1.00,  (this  includes  the  postage).  For  sale  by  S.  M.  Colcord,  Boston; 
J.  Meakim,  New  York ;  I.  J.  Grahame,  Baltimore  ;  D.  B.  Clarke,  Wash- 
ington ;  W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  Cincinnati  ;  E.  W.  Massot,  St.  Louis,  and  S.  S. 
Garrigues,  (Chairman  of  the  Committee)  108  north  5th  street,  Philadelphia. 
Mind  and  Matter ;  or  Physiological  Inquiries  :  In  a  series  of  essays,  intend- 
ed to  illustrate  the  mutual  relations  of  the  physical  organization  and  the 
mental  faculties.  By  Sir  Benjamin  Brodie,  Bart.  D.  C.  L.;  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  the  Royal  Society,  with  additional  notes  by  an  American  Editor. 
New  York  :  Samuel  S.,  &  William  Wood.  289  Broadway:  1858,  pp.  279, 
12  mo. 
We  have  been  much  interested  in  the  perusal  of  this  book.  In  some  re- 
pects,  it  reminds  us  of  Sir  Humphrey  Davy's  "  Consolations  in  Travel,  or  the 
Last  Days  of  a  Philosopher,"  although  the  discussions  of  the  latter  were 
