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Saturday,  September  21 — 9  A.M.,  Conference  of  state  association  secretaries. 
10  a.m.,  Last  general  session.  2  p.m.,  Trolley  ride;  visit  to  Shaw's  Garden 
and  Anheuser-Busch  Brewing  Association  plant.  8  p.m.,  Evening  entertain- 
ment. 
The  A. Ph. A.  is  eliciting  attention  from  every  side.  More  than 
one  member  has  gotten  up  circulars  calling  attention  to  the  bene- 
fits of  membership  in  the  Association  and  many  members  not  on 
the  Committee  on  Membership  are  asking  pharmacists  to  become 
members  thereof.  President  Patton,  of  the  Association,  has  well 
said  in  a  letter  which  has  been  sent  out  to  the  retail  pharmacists  of 
the  United  States,  "  Its  strong  point  is  its  earnest  desire  to  aid  you 
to  become  a  better  pharmacist,  to  the  end  that  success  and  all  that 
it  implies  may  be  yours." 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Die  Mikroskopische  Analyse  der  Drogenpulver.  Von  Lud- 
wig  Koch.    Leipzig:  Gebruder  Borntraeger.  1901. 
The  third  Lieferung  of  Volume  I  of  this  atlas  is  devoted  to  the 
consideration  of  the  microscopical  characteristics  of  the  following 
barks:  Quercus;  and  quillaja ;  and  woods  :  Guaiacum,  quassia  and 
sassafras.  This  Lieferung,  like  the  previous  two  already  reviewed 
in  this  Journal,  gives  an  accurate  description,  besides  numerous 
plates  of  the  tissues  or  fragments  to  be  found  in  powders  of  differ- 
ent degrees  of  fineness.  These  volumes  will  be  found  invaluable  to 
the  pharmacist  and  no  doubt  will  have  an  extended  sale,  as  there 
has  been  nothing  like  them  heretofore  published  and  the  work  has 
been  well  executed  in  almost  every  particular.  ■ 
Select  Methods  in  Food  Analysis.  By  Henry  Leffmann  and 
William  Beam.    Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.  1901. 
This  work  gives  a  concise  summary  of  analytical  methods  in  food 
analysis.  The  subject  is  treated  from  a  chemical  and  in  many  in- 
stances also  from  a  microscopical  point  of  view.  Numerous  illus- 
trations and  four  full-page  plates  have  been  incorporated.  The 
contents  include:  I,  Analytic  Methods:  (1)  Physical  Data;  (2) 
Chemical  Data.  II,  Applied  Analysis:  (1)  General  Methods;  (2) 
Special  Methods  for  the  following :  Starch,  flour,  and  meals,  bread, 
leavening  materials,  sugars,  honey,  candies  and  confections  ;  fats  and 
oils ;  milk  and  milk  products ;  tea,  coffee  and  cacao  ;  condiments  and 
