Ur. llolmynrcl lins written this tcst-book on inorgniiic chcrnistry ivitli 1~ vicw to presenting to students of tlir School arid Iliglm Ccrtificntc stiindnrds n logicnl course of clicmistry, \rhicIi shoultl acquaint then1 with rnodcrii idcm untl givc insight into tlic problciils, incthotls, iilid ncliicvcincnts of thc sciclicc.
Tlic first cditioii nppenred in 1923, sincc wliicli dntv it lins Iiccn rcpriiitcd ~iinc tinics. Tlic 111nny ndvnnccs iiiridc in both pure iind ripplicd clicnlistry in nine years h v c no\v ncccssitntcd tlic production of a scco~itl cdition wIiicl1, while inodcllcd ou tlie originnl, liiis bccii IJroiiglit iip to dntc. In l'iirt I tlic niithor hiis succccdcd within tlic h i t s of 170 pngcs in g ~r ~n g n very clcvcr siirvcy of tlic field of pliysicnl clic~nistry, Iieccssit:iting cstrnordinary potvcrs of condcnsntion in which, for tlic most part, clcnrncss is iiot sncrificccl for tlic sakc of brcvity. Onc pities tlic nvcrnge scliooll~oy, Iio\vcvcr, who lins to iissindiitc all tllis iinlcss Iic liris hrid n good groiiuding in iipplictl inntlicniiitics and physics.