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“IN the presence of so many good manuals on chemistry, the appearance of another may seem unnecessary,” says the author in his preface. For “may seem” read “is,” and the sentence expresses a truism. The author's book can, however, scarcely be classed amongst “good manuals.” The statements of individual chemical facts are on the whole correct; the general arrangement of the book is clear; yet, considered as a manual of chemistry, the work must be pronounced a failure.
The Student's Handbook of Chemistry.
With Tables and Chemical Calculations. By H. Leicester Greville. (Edinburgh: E. and S. Livingstone, 1881.)
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The Student's Handbook of Chemistry . Nature 25, 123 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/025123a0
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