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"Considering the extent to which this country draws its hop supplies from abroad, this 

 'translation of Professor Gross's volume will prove an interesting and instructive addition to 

 the library of any brewer or brewers' chemist, the more so as the work of translation has been 

 admirably carried out in simple and vigorous English. . . . The volume is one of a valuable 

 series of special technical works for trades and professions the publishers are issuing, and is 

 the first so far dealing with the brewing industry." Hurt on Mail. 



"A work upon the above subject must be welcomed if for no other reason than the dearth 

 of books dealing with so interesting a theme, but fortunately apart from this the book will 

 afford excellent reading to all interested in hops and their culture. Professor Gross takes one 

 over the whole Held, by commencing with the earliest history of the plant so far back as the 

 days of ancient Greece and from both practical, theoretical and scientific standpoints, deals 

 \vith the cultivation, classification and formation of the hop. ... In speaking of the produc- 

 tion of new varieties sound information is given, and should be of value to those who are 

 always in search of improvements." Hereford Journal. 



"This work is, without doubt, the most thorough and extensive compilation on hops ever 

 yet offered to the public, and for this reason should be warmly welcomed and appreciated by 

 men interested in the subject. Although primarily written for those engaged in the industry 

 abroad, and mainly Continental in theory and practice, it nevertheless appeals to those con- 

 nected with the hop growing and brewing business in England, not only by way of a com- 

 parison, but also as an instruction. The volume is at once practical and scientific, is well 

 got up, and teems with illustrations and statistics. In a word, it is a book that should find 

 >its way into the hands of all who are occupied in hop production and distribution at home; 

 and it also contains valuable information and suggestions for the brewers themselves." 

 Brewers' Guardian. 



"The value of a comprehensible and reliable text-book must be clearly apparent to every 

 -scientific hop grower, and in this county of Kent the chief hop-producing district of England, 

 for over 400,000 cwts. were grown here last season alone its advice regarding the cultivation, 

 .preservation and storage of the cones will be found extremely useful. Year by year scientific 

 education is becoming more and more essential to the training in common with the re- 

 mainder of agriculturalists of the hop planter. Continental and American competition, the 

 higher price and scarcity of hand labour and many other causes make it necessary that the 

 utmost should be extracted from a limited area of land. To accomplish this end all sorts of 

 devices must be resorted to in the matter of cultivation. The lesson imparted in this treatise 

 deals exhaustively with these ' devices '. And therein lies the basis of its value: whereas one 

 man's life is ' made up of fails and successes,' here is to be found the collective successes, 

 tabulated results and logical inferences drawn from sources extending over the whole hop- 

 -growing area of the world." Kentish Gazette. 



Public Libraries. 



BRITISH LIBRARY YEAR BOOK, 1900-1901. A Record 



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