Am.  Jour.  Pharrn. 
nay.  1892. 
Obituary. 
this  is  what  the  little  volume  endeavors  to  impart.  This  aim  is  kept  in  view 
throughout  the  entire  work,  and  theoretical  speculations  upon  pathology  and 
etiology  are  limited  to  what  appears  to  be  absolutely  necessary.  This  practical 
purpose,  combined  with  clearness,  and  devoid  of  undue  brevity,  makes  the 
book  well  adapted  for  constant  use,  and  a  valuable  volume  of  the  "  Physicians' 
and  Students'  Ready-reference  Series,"  which  is  issued  by  its  publishers. 
Proceedings  of  the  Eighth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Association  of  Official 
Agricultural  Chemists,  held  at  Washington,  D.  C,  August  13-15,  1891. 
Edited  by  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  Secretary  of  the  Association.  Published  by 
authority  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture.    8vo.    Pp.  253. 
Issued  as  Bulletin  No.  31,  Division  of  Chemistry,  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture.  It  contains  methods  of  analysis  of  commercial  fertilizers,  foods 
and  feeding  stuffs,  dairy  products,  fermented  liquors  and  sugars. 
Report  on  the  Production  and  Manufacture  of  Beet  Sugar.  By  William 
Saunders,  Director  Dominion  Experimental  Farms.  Ottawa.:  1892.  8vo. 
Pp.  47- 
The  carefully  drawn  up  report  comes  to  the  conclusion  that  "the  strongest 
objection  to  the  encouragement  of  this  industry  will  be  found  in  the  fact  that 
it  would  require,  when  fully  developed,  an  annual  subsidy  of  about  $4, 000, 000, 
for  the  raising  of  which,  as  long  as  we  have  free  sugar,  other  industries  must 
be  taxed.  The  subsidy  might,  in  the  course  of  time,  be  lessened,  but  in  view 
of  all  the  facts  presented,  of  the  greater  richness  of  the  sugar-cane  when 
grown  in  the  tropics,  and  the  probabilities  of  further  improvements  in  the 
quality  of  the  cane  and  in  the  process  of  manufacture,  it  is  not  likely  that  the 
bounty  could  ever  be  much  reduced  without  crippling  the  industry." 
OBITUARY. 
The  following  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  have 
recently  died  : 
Albert  P.  Brown,  class  1862,  was  born  in  Philadelphia  in  1840,  and  after 
attending  the  public  schools,  became  an  apprentice  at  the  pharmacy  of  Wm. 
B.  Webb.  Shortly  after  graduation  he  removed  to  Camden,  N.  J.,  where  he  estab- 
lished a  drug  store,  and  continued  in  the  business  until  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  took  quite  a  prominent  part  in  pharmaceutical  matters  in  New  Jersey,  was 
recording  secretary  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  from  1876  to  1884, 
when  he  was  elected  its  president  for  the  succeeding  year,  and  for  over  eight 
years  was  secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  twenty-two  years  ;  and  for  twentv 
years  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  much  of  the  time 
doing  service  in  the  Board  of  Trustees.  On  the  organization  of  the  Alumni 
Association  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  executive  board,  became  vice-presi- 
dent in  1872,  and  in  1878  was  elected  president.  He  devoted  much  of  his  leisure 
time  to  work  with  the  microscope  and  to  the  photographing  of  microscopical 
objects,  his  productions  in  both  these  departments  being  characterized  by 
scrupulous  accuracy  and  attractive  neatness.  When  the  Alumni  Association 
decided  to  afford  to  the  students  of  the  College  the  opportunity  of  familiarizing. 
