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Obituary. 
(■  Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
\      Feb.,  1883. 
sugar  pots  and  hogsheads  (molasses),  the  washings  of  the  boilers  and  other 
vessels,  together  with  sutticient  recent  cane-juice  or  wort  (prepared  by- 
mashing  the  crushed  cane)  to  impart  the  necessary  flavor.  Whisky  is  dis- 
tilled from  the  fermented  wort  of  grain  or  malt. 
Wine  is  described  as  the  fermented  juice  of  the  fruit  of  Vitis  vinifera, 
American  wines  are  only  passingly  mentioned  and  no  notice  is  taken  of 
the  fact  that  they  are  largely  made  of  varieties  of  grapes  produced  by  culti- 
vation from  American  species  of  Vitis.  The  preparation  of  still  and  effer- 
vescing wines  and  their  management  receive  their  full  share  of  attention 
with  the  view  of  the  practical  application  of  those  points  which  experience 
has  demonstrated  as  essential  for  success  ;  the  same  may  also  be  said  of  the 
adulteration  tests,  where  the  author  acknowledges  that  for  the  detection  of 
artificial  bouquet  and  flavoring  a  discriminating  and  sensitive  palate  are 
more  to  be  relied  on  than  chemical  tests.  The  fruit  wines  and  imitations 
of  true  wines  have  not  been  neglected ;  these  are  the  products  of  an  indus- 
try, which  has  a  moral  and,  we  think,  also  a  legal  ^right  to  existence  only, 
when  these  products  reach  the  consumer  not  under  an  assumed  garb. 
In  summing  up  our  conclusions  we  may  state  that  this  book  which  is 
the  first  volume  of  a  series  of  technological  hand-books,  edited  by  John 
Gardner,  F.C.S.,  introduces  this  series  in  an  efficient  and  promising  man- 
ner. The  care  in  the  selection  of  the  material  is  evident  and  we  believe  it 
is  not  difficult  to  recognize  the  scrutiny  w^hich,  as  the  editor  informs  us^ 
the  sheets  have  been  subjected  to,  in  the  revision  by  gentlemen  having 
practical  knowledge  of  the  subjects  treated  therein.  The  practical  charac- 
ter of  the  book  and  its  low  price  cannot  fail  to  bring  it  into  the  hands  of 
those  who  are  interested  in  its  contents. 
OBITUARY. 
Stephen  Li  veksidge  Talbot,  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy,  of  the  class  of  1880,  died  in  Providence,  B.  I.,  on  the  15th  of 
January,  1883.  Mr.  Talbot  was  a  young  pharmacist  of  promise.  He  was 
born  in  Dorchester,  Mass.  in  1853,  and  in  early  life  showed  indications  of  a 
love  for  study.  Having  obtained  a  good  education,  he  sought  opportunities 
for  entering  upon  the  study  of  pharmacy,  and  coming  to  Philadelphia,  ob- 
tained successively  positions  with  McKelway  &  Borell,  R.  F.  Fairthorne, 
and  Joseph  P.  Remington.  His  recordatthe  examinations  at  the  College  was 
good ;  he  stood  high  in  general  scholarship  amongst  a  long  list  of  fellow 
graduates,  and  to  him  was  awarded  the  first  H.  C.  Lea  prize  for  the  best 
thesis.  After  graduating,  he  opened  a  pharmacy  in  Providence,  where  he 
resided,  and  carried  his  enterprise  on  to  a  successful  issue  until  the  sudden 
summons  called  him  home.  He  died  of  typhoid  fever  after  a  short  illness 
of  two  weeks. 
