diagrnnls are pnrticulnrly well done niid nre very instriict,ire. Tlic inclusion of the word ' I Civilizntion " in the t.itlc is probiibly justified, though it, is rnrely to be found in t.he t c s t nnd not n t nll in the index or Contents.
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the prefnce contnins no such acknodcdgment, it soiild seein tlint tlic nnthor did not tnke the prccnntion of getting someone to check his work. Ilntl this wiso procediirc been ndoptcd, it. is probnblc tlint the relntiwly few blcmislies in nn otlierwiso cxccllent book would h n w been nroidecl. For instance, in pnssing on to refer to tlic carlndiy(1rcrtc.s on page nornbcrtd 13, which mny be t.lie netliar's iinliicky ni~ml)er, hr stntes, in R fnqhion wliich is wliolly niislcndiiig, tlint " tlic siinplest clnss of carbohydratc is thnt of t.he ' alcoho~s.' 'I He proceeds tlicn to give tlic stnicturnl forinulic of methyl nlcoliol, ethyl nlcoliol, nntl glycerin without n nieritiori of glucose or nriy otbcr cnrliohydrate.
The cnpitnl C used thronghout the text, wo~ld pnsR for cnpitnl G ; nntl to many organic chemists, so fnmilinr with thc q-rnbol C, this is not ngreenhlc. No\vover, apart. from minor defects, the I)ook is of high merit. Treatment of suliject, is in most iiwtiiiiccs nclcquntc, and in mnny-pnrticolnrly tliosc on tlie biological sibvrry fine iiideetl. Tiit? book will appenl to those who hnvc nlrently s3nic knowletlgc of clieinistry nnd who wisli to hiow something of the ndvnnces of modern clicriiistrp. To bliis c h s of r c d c r it is highly recornnicndod.