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��coutftins Iiill sets of nemly al! the iiiiportiint chemical journals; and all the en rrent journals are received in exchange for the American chemical journal, which is published under the auspices or the Johns Hopkins universitj'. Books may be taken out of the library by any one working in the laboratory, lie is only required to sigu a receipt, and leave it with one of the assistants, who actf as librarian. Notwithstanding the IVceiiom;illow<'il in the

��The most advanced work, including the re- searches, is carried on here. Most of the Htu- dents who occupy the places are looking forward to taking the degree of doctor of philosophy within a year or two. The instruc- tion is under the immediate su|>ervision of the director of the laboratory. Professor Remsen, whose private laboi'atory and ofBce adjoin the

Oil the thinl floor the principal room is in-

���use of the books, only one insigniflcaiit voliiTnc has been lost duiing the past eight 3'ears.

Passing to the north end of thia tloor, we enter laboratory C, or the research -room. This s well lighted by windows on the noi'lh aide, IB well aa on the east and west. It meas- ures fifty-three and a half by fideen and a half feet- It is perhaps the handsomest room in the building. The walla arc of cream-colored glazed bricka, the color of which is relieved ■e and there by a low of delicate blue. The windows are large. The table-tops are of biac-k -walnut, the lower |mrtH of light wood.

��tended for a chemical and iniueralogical cabi- net. Jt is furnished with cases, like some of those used in the National museum at Wash- ington. The object of the collection which has been begun is not show, but simply in- struction. A curator iias recently been put in charge, and it is hoped that before a great while the results of his care will be apparent. The idea which is to guide him is this: lo get together good specimena of all available sub- stances which are strictly chemical, then such minerals as illustrate the forms in which the different elements occur, and, finally, specimens

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