May 1, 1917.] 



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The Editor's Book Table. 



A GERMAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR CHEMISTS. BY AUSTIN 

 M. Patterson, Ph.D. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City. 

 [5 by 7 inches, 332 pages, ilexible binding. Price, $2, net.] 



THE need of a book of this kind has been keenly felt by all 

 scientific men, whether well versed in the German language 

 or otherwise. Germany is headquarters for technical, sci- 

 entific work, and German scientific publications contain a great 

 amount of valuable matter, some of which is difficult to under- 

 stand and which the average German-English dictionary trans- 

 lates very inadequately. Dr. Patterson was formerly editor of 

 "Chemical Abstracts," as well as editor of chemical terms for 

 Webster's New International Dictionary, and thus is peculiarly 

 fitted for preparing a work of this kind. While special attention 

 is given to this particular need, a fairly voluminous general vo- 

 cabulary is also included, in which, however, occur many words 

 having a technical as well as a popular meaning, and this mean- 

 ing is given first, although in ordinary dictionaries it may be 

 omitted or at least not given the prominence it deserves. The 

 book is small enough to go in the pocket, is well bound in flex- 

 ible covers, and cannot fail to be of everyday use to those who 

 read the German scientific papers, and especially the chemical 

 ones, to keep abreast of the times. 



UNIFIED ACCOUNTING METHODS FOR INDUSTRIALS. BY 

 Clinton E. Woods. The Ronald Press Co., New York City. [Large 

 8vo, 466 pages, half leather. Price $5, post-paid.] 



Industrial accounting is as diversified as are industrial con- 

 cerns. The need of a unified system is acknowledged by ac- 

 countants themselves. Many institutions have adopted and 

 adapted, have added to their systems item by item, until the 

 result is complexity rather than simplicity and clarity. The 

 author, who has been connected with prominent concerns, among 

 them at least one large rubber company, has for 20 years been 

 handling industrial problems of large and small industries, and 

 this book, which is in the form of a detailed accounting system, 

 is intended to fit into every element of an industrial or manu- 

 facturing business, of whatever size or nature. It is written for 

 the executive, the engineer and the accountant, and presents a 

 system which would seem exceedingly efficient. Supplementing 

 the body of the work are nearly 100 forms for statements, cards, 

 charts, labor accounts, analysis, sheets, inventory, etc. 



THE DANISH WEST INDIES, THEIR RESOURCES AND COMMER- 

 cial Importance. By H. G. I5rock, Philip S. Smith and W. A. Tucker. 

 Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. [68 pages, illustrated. 

 Price, 15 cents.] 



Now that the Danish West Indies are no longer Danish, but 

 are possessions of the United States, this description of them is 

 one which will interest all classes of readers. The book gives a 

 large amount of information condensed into a comparatively 

 small space and treats of the geographical characteristics, gov- 

 ernment resources, business conditions, agricultural and allied 

 industries. Several interesting illustrations, a map showing the 

 position of these islands, and enlarged maps of the four principal 

 ones are included. 



In the chapter devoted to agriculture and allied industries no 

 mention is made of the cultivation of rubber, but it is interesting 

 to note that cotton is second only to sugar as a product of these 

 islands. In 1913 some 2,000 acres were devoted to Sea Island 

 cotton, but owing to the appearance of insect pests in the fields, 

 and to the various difficulties experienced as a result of the 

 European war, financial loss was threatened, and since that ypar 

 cotton raising has been temporarily abandoned. Several varieties 

 of cotton were considered by the agricultural experiment station, 

 including "Sterling S," "Cameron 106," "Sakcllarides"' and 

 "Southern Cross," and from these, many crosses and hybrids 



have been evolved with the object of securing a variety which 

 will resist the ravages of insects and which will produce a good 

 quantity and quality of lint. It is claimed that the yield from a 

 4j/2-acre plat where careful records were kept was 5,299 pounds 

 of seed cotton yielding 25 per cent lint, worth in Manchester, 

 England, 34 cents a pound. This shows that cotton is a profitable 

 crop when cultivated in commercial acreages. It is estimated 

 that there are about 5,000 acres on th^ south side of the island 

 of. St. Croix that might be profitably cultivated. 



COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS IN LATIN AMERICA. BY L. DOM- 

 eratzky. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. [42 pages. 

 Price, 10 cents.] 



This pamphlet, which is No. 35 of the Tariff Series, published 

 by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department 

 of Commerce, is certainly a valuable compilation of facts which 

 are absolutely necessary to be known by all business houses that 

 contemplate extending their trade to Latin America by personal 

 representatives. It gives the regulations in each country which 

 apply to the commercial traveler — the documents he should take 

 with him ; the customs treatment of his samples ; the duties on 

 advertising matter and such miscellaneous information as pass- 

 ports, buying seasons, expenses, and the like. Each country is 

 treated separately. All countries in Central and South America 

 are included, as well as Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 



STANDARD METHODS OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. EDITED BY 

 Wilfred W. Scott. D. Van Nostrand Co., New York City. [6 by 9 

 inches, 894 pages, illustrated, cloth. Price, postpaid, $6.] 



This is a compilation of carefully selected methods of technical 

 analysis that have proven of practical value to the professional 

 chemist. Mr. Scott, who is research chemist of the General 

 Chemical Co. and was formerly chief chemist of the Baldwin 

 Locomotive Works, is the author of many chapters and has been 

 assisted in the preparation of the book by a large number of 

 eminent chemists, each somewhat of a specialist in his own par- 

 ticular line of analysis. Each chapter is devoted to one element, 

 and is arranged according to the physical properties, detection, 

 estimation, preparation and solution of the samples, separations 

 and methods. The chapter on "Sulphur" contains 28 pages and 

 6 illustrations. Among articles of interest is one on the deter- 

 mination of antimony in rubber goods. The book is one which 

 may well find a place in the library of the analytical chemist, 

 where it is likely to be of frequent use. 



PURCHASING. ITS ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND PROPER METHODS. 

 By H. B. Twyford. D. Van Nostrand Co., New York Citv. [6 by 9 

 inches, 252 pages, 112 charts, diagrams and forms. Price. $3, net.] 



Equal to if not greater than any other department of modern 

 industry is that of the purchasing agent. All other branches of 

 a mercantile or manufacturing plant may be efficient but if the 

 goods and materials are not of the right kind and quality or not 

 bought at right prices, that establishment cannot succeed. The 

 author of this work has a wide experience in manufacturing, en- 

 gineering and electrical railway industries, and the book shows 

 most effectively the results of this experience. The work is 

 divided into several sections, starting with purchasing in its 

 widest phase, the art and ethics of buying being considered. The 

 personnel of the purchasing department is explained, showing 

 the organization and the duties of each of the workers in that 

 department. Following this is a description of the operation of 

 the purchasing department, the method of handling invoices, 

 the operation of stores, all of these being fully described and 

 forms shown for use in each division of the department. Dia- 

 grams through the book show the progress of an order from the 

 time the requirement is reported to the purchasing agent, imtil 

 the purchase is completed. Tlicse diagrams run fnim a simple 



