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ion  from  some  of  its  leading  members  in  regard  to  one  phase  of  the 
celebration,  viz.,  the  proposed  memorial  to  Professor  Procter,  and 
some  of  the  letters  received  in  reply  will  be  found  in  another  part  of 
this  Journal.  Of  course  there  are  many  who  feel  a  diffidence  about 
placing  themselves  on  record  in  regard  to  this  matter.  It  should  be 
said,  however,  in  regard  to  all  expressions  of  this  kind,  that  every 
one  should  feel  that  there  is  no  inconsistency  in  changing  one's 
opinions  after  other  expressions  have  been  put  forth,  and  no  man  need 
feel  that  he  is  bound  to  adhere  to  what  he  has  said  on  this  subject 
if  he  is  satisfied  that  the  project  of  another  is  more  feasible  and 
more  suitable.  For,  as  Emerson  says  :  "  If  you  would  be  a  man, 
speak  what  you  think  to-day  as  hard  as  cannon  balls,  and  to-mor- 
row speak  what  to-morrow  thinks  in  hard  words  again,  though  it 
contradict  everything  you  said  to-day."  It  is  the  principle  that 
needs  to  be  established  first  and  this  is  what  the  replies  of  those  who 
have  contributed  in  the  correspondence  referred  to  accentuate.  In- 
deed, not  only  is  it  shown  that  the  Procter  Memorial  is  desired,  but 
that  it  can  be  readily  accomplished,  as  the  letters  of  Samuel  W. 
Fairchild  and  Horatio  N.  Fraser  indicate. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Greshoff's  Fishpoisons.  Part  II.  Batavia:  G.  Kolf.  1900.  Large 
8vo,  253  pages. 
It  will  be  of  interest  to  the  readers  of  the  announcement  of  the 
first  part  of  this  valuable  addition  to  phytochemical  literature  (which 
appeared  in  the  Bull,  of  Ph.  and  in  Sc.  Amer.,  1894)  to  know  that  its 
untiring  author1  published  recently  (September,  1900)  Part  IL 
It  is  a  still  more  complete  summary  of  reports  on  poisonous 
plants  than  Part  I  was  already.  It  gives  a  review  of  what  is  said 
in  half  a  dozen  modern  languages  on  fishpoisons  strictiori  sensa ; 
is  completed  by  incorporating  plants  containing  more  or  less  known 
active  principles ;  interspersed  with  the  author's  own  good  opinion 
and  manifold  experience  in  this  field,  adding  some  of  his  own  analy- 
ses, to  sharpen  our  appetite  for  the  luxurious  intellectual  food  he 
sets  before  us. 
xY)r.  M.  Greshoff,  of  late  attached  to  the  Government  Botanical  Garden  at 
Buitenzorg,  is  at  present  chemical  director  of  the  Kolonial  Museum,  Harlem, 
Holland. 
