(1) Essential Principles of Organic Chemistry (2) Organic Chemistry: (3) Practical Organic Chemistry: (4) An Introduction to the Preparation and Identification of Organic Compounds

Abstract

(1) and (2). The chief problem that faces authors of text-books of organic chemistry is that of selection of what is worth while from the vast mass of original literature. In books of moderate size, choice and arrangement of topics are all-important, and the reviewer's task is to consider whether they have been made with proper regard to the theoretical and practical development of the science. In this respect, the authors of both these books may be considered to have succeeded.

(1) Essential Principles of Organic Chemistry

By Prof. Charles S. Gibson. Pp. viii + 548. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1936.) 18s. net.

(2) Organic Chemistry:

the Chemistry of the Compounds of Carbon. By Prof. L. J. Desha. (International Chemical Series.) Pp. xv + 750. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1936.) 21s.

(3) Practical Organic Chemistry:

By Dr. F. G. Mann Dr. B. C. Saunders. Pp. xiii + 403. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1936.) 8s. 6d. net.

(4) An Introduction to the Preparation and Identification of Organic Compounds

By Prof. R. D. Coghill J. M. Sturtevant. (International Chemical Series.) Pp. xiii + 226. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1936.) 10s. 6d.