Microscopic Life in Drinking Water

Abstract

THIS book deals with a subject which is of practical importance to the water engineer, and presents at the same time a biological problem of a quite fascinating kind, namely, the symbiosis, to use the word in a purely literal sense, of microscopic organisms. One can imagine with what keen interest Darwin would have reflected upon the problem, if the materials for its study had been available to him. Let it be said now that this is a well-written and well-arranged treatise, which combines an enthusiastic interest in the subject with a sound judgment upon its practical aspects. Naturally, perhaps, American experience has been drawn upon for the purpose of illustration, and yet the book would have gained in comprehensiveness if the editors had given more space to the observations of workers in other countries.

The Microscopy of Drinking Water.

Prof. George Chandler Whipple. Revised by Prof. Gordon Maskew Fair and Prof. Melville Conley Whipple. Fourth edition, rewritten and enlarged. Pp. xix + 586 + 19 plates. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1927.) 35s. net.