A I -h s ~o i t ~ or TIII.: 13ni~risit CIII:~IICAL ISUIJSTI~Y. J3y Stcp1it.n Jiinll. li'itli n :Foreword by Sir Societ.y of Chciiiicd Jndustry ou thc occnsioii (.if t,hc I!'iftict.li Aiiiiivcrsriry of its Foundntion. 1' 1). svii'753. Loiidoii : It;. 73ciiii, T A t d . , 1031. 10s. 6d. I n tlicsc t1:iys wlicn it liris bccoinc f:isliioiinblc to thiiili iiitcrntitioiiully niid \rlicn I ' t.hc ii:iti.c Iiuc of rcsolutioii is siclilictl o'er with tlic pnlc ciist of tlioiiglit,," it. is :I plcnsnnt clitingc to see on Ih. Jliiill's iiitrodiiction to the . J iihilcc Cclcbriitioiis of our Society tlic patriotic thlc " A I-liatory of tho J3 r i t i sl i C 1 i c a I i i i c :i 1 1' I id i I st.ry. ' ' h for~\vortl is contributed by our l'rcsitlciit, Sir Ihrry i\IcCi~\':ii~, \vho stntes tlint " tlic story of the c1icniir:il industry in Greiit I3ritnin is onc of enterprise, tcclinicnl ~J ~O ~W S S , a i d nciiiercinciit." IVitli tlicsc idcns in niiud one ctiiiiiot fiiil to be f:tscin:itctl b? tlic opening clitiptc!r on tlic licnvy c1iemic:il industry in \vhicIi one rends of tlic pionccrs of this trndc. l'hcy ircre tlic dnya of self-liclp n ~i d indiviilunl cfTorC. Thcso pioneers borroirccl inoiiey froni tlicir friends or rclntions; soiiictinics it wiis lost nntl tit, 0 t h biincs it fructified lilic tlic grnin of iiiustnrd sccd. 'J'licy \rere open to i*cccirc forcign :issistniicc, ;inti, tissocintcd with such British I I : ~I I I ~S fiiuls tliu eqiiiilly honoured iinincs of Hui~tcr, IAcviiistciii, 1Icsscl. riiirl Alond. Ylicir united cfforts lctl to :i solid ctlificc niiicli stood tlic sirprciiic tcst of 191.1-15 n i i d brciimc tlic foimhitioii on wliich wcrc built. the rciinsccnt industries of dyes, ccllulosc fil~rcs, tlrugs, niitl fiiic clicniiciils. All tlicsc rind iiitiiiy other tlcvclopmcnts of npplictl clicmiistry nrc siiiiply dcscribcd in this iidmiriible guitlc to onc of our Iwgcst basic indusl'rics, rcprescntiiig x i ciipitnl of .C:300,000,000 nnd finding cmploymciit for no lcss tliiiii 1G0,000 workcrs. The book will rcninin of pcriiinncnt. wluc t o nil wisliing to scc in clcnr pcrspcctivc t lie growth nnd cstcnsion of :i grcnt iintiond iiidustry during tlic 19111 nnd 20th ccntwics. ~rcc~o\rtill, 1i.c.7~. writtt!u for the :is 7:rullrl~*r, cil:lllcc, :\IUSpriltt, illltl \Vcldon, OllC 0. T. nroltohs A 1-1 is"^ it Y o F TII E I3 it i*rI s I I Ci I 1 s ~ I c A T. Is I) u S~IW. B y StcIJheli Niiill. With i t Porc\voril by Sir J h r r y A\TcGo\v:in, K.I3..E. \'rittcii for tlic Society of Clicinicnl Industry 011 t.lic occiisioii