By S. M. .I supposo tli:it cvcry cli~i~iist Ilns incliiclctl i n his tlisposit.iou tlic iiiiibitioii to posscss t i chcinical librnry.
In iiiy own ciis(t tlicrc was such : I long Iiintus in iiiy olieiiiical carccr thnt tlic fornintion of i t u ndcqunte chemical library will, for soiiic tinw to conic, lie :i ditlicdt niattcr. I linve :ilrc:idy :I cousitlcm1)lc innss of 1)ooks of otlictr kinds, 'LiLtilt a i ~d Grcck books, looks oii IRW, history, gcology, novcls, poctry nntl so forth, iuld as my spncc nnd iiioncy iirc -cry limited, it will bc n slo\v IJnsincss to ncquirc tlic chclnical*books I wish to posscss, :tiid ninny of thc c1iciiiic:il 1)ook.s now puIJlislictl arc too ditticiilt for inc to rcntl. Wcvcrtlicless, the ninin pririciplcs tlint guide inc in iiiy clioicc of I)ooks nrc of geiicrtil n pi)licntion, iiiitl slicdd IN Iiclpful to iiitiny of tliosc ~vlio fccl 81s I do about tlicni.
Y!hc chemical Iiooks nre sufficiently iiuuioroils to tlcscrvc a scpnrntc book-case wi tli wcll grntluntcil sliclvcs, constructcd for iiic on lily ou-ii design, so tnll that tlic top sliclf will jiist t.nl;c Tbonisoii's I-Iistory of Clicmistry, and tlic bottoiii nnc will take Hoover's cdition of Agricolii, a hnntlsi~uic vohiinc.