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EDITORIAL. 
Dr.  Henry's  life  of  Dalton.  We  hope  to  be  able  to  notice  these  volumes  in 
our  next  number. 
Annals  of  Pharmacy  and  Practical  Chemistry,  London. — In  the  De- 
cember number  of  this  journal,  the  editors,  who  are  also  the  proprietors, 
announce  its  discontinuance,  owing  to  deficient  patronage.  The  editorial 
course  of  this  journal  has  been  marked  with  extreme  bitterness  against 
the  Council  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society.  Many  of  its  articles  against 
members  of  that  body  are  filled  with  offensive  personalities  altogether  un- 
fitted for  the  pages  of  a  scientific  journal,  and  which,  continued  so  perti- 
naciously as  they  have  been,  could  not  fail  to  react  against  their  authors. 
It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  talents  and  energy  displayed  by  the  editors 
should  be  thus  turned  aside  from  the  cause  of  science,  and  their  journal, 
from  which  we  have  frequently  derived  articles  of  interest,  should  cease 
to  exist. 
New  York  Journal  of  Pharmacy. — We  are  informed  *by  a  gentleman 
of  New  York,  that  Mr.  Charles  Shields,  the  proprietor  of  the  New  York 
Journal  of  Pharmacy,  has  discontinued  its  publication,  chiefly  owing  to  the 
indifference  manifested  by  the  subscribers  in  not  paying  up  their  dues,  as 
well  as  from  lack  of  interest  on  the  part  of  those  who  should  feel  a  pride 
in  supporting  and  encouraging  it.  Dr.  Antisell,  the  late  editor  of  the  New 
York  Journal,  has,  we  understand,  gone  to  Mexico  on  scientific  business. 
Scientific  Journalism  is  uphill  work  in  this  country,  and  unless  it  can  be 
made  to  appear  to  be  to  the  pecuniary  interest  of  subscribers,  a  large  num- 
ber will  give  you  the  cold  shoulder.  We  know  of  an  instance  of  a  druggisi 
in  good  business,  who  was  in  the  habit  of  borrowing  our  journal  and  extract- 
ing from  it  receipes  and  other  practical  items  useful  to  him. 
Pharmacy  in  Canada. — We  learn  from  the  Montreal  Medical  Chronicle 
for  Jan.  1855,  that  a  meeting  of  druggists'  assistants  and  apprentices  was 
held  on  the  17th  of  November,  1854,  with  a  view  to  effecting  an  organiza- 
tion for  mutual  improvement  in  professional  qualifications.  The  Society 
then  formed  was  named  the  "  Montreal  Pharmaceutical  Association,"  to 
preside  over  which  the  following  gentlemen  were  elected  as  officers  for  one 
year,  viz.,  Johnston  Beer,  President;  Richard  Jenner,  Vice  President; 
Charles  Vanfelson,  Secretary,  and  Kenneth  Campbell,  Treasurer. 
This  movement  is  a  favorable  indication  of  the  progress  of  the  reform 
which  is  now  actively  operating  in  Great  Britain.  The  pharmaceutists  them- 
selves should  follow  the  example  of  their  subordinates,  and  establish  a 
pharmaceutical  society  analogous  to  the  several  branches  of  the  London 
Society  at  Liverpool,  Manchester,  Edinburg,  etc.,  which  would  give  a  great 
impetus  to  Canadian  pharmacy. 
