Preface to the First Edition 



THE publishers have asked me to write a little book on 

 Sugar. I take this to mean a popular book which shall 

 attract the reader by being, if possible, interesting as 

 well as instructive, and that where technical detail is 

 necessary it shall not be too " dry." 



But for those whom I may succeed in interesting, 

 and who may desire to know more and go deeper, I can 

 recommend a few books of a reliable character. One 

 of the greatest sugar experts of the present day is H. C. 

 Prinsen Geerligs, x who has been doing splendid work in 

 Java for many years. He wrote a little book in 1902, 

 published at the office of The Sugar Cane, Altrin- 

 cham, on " Cane Sugar and the Process of its Manu- 

 facture in Java," which is easy to read and well worth 

 reading. This was followed by a larger work in 1909, 

 published by Norman Rodger at the same office, entitled 

 " Cane Sugar and its Manufacture." It does what it 

 professes, giving in one book all that is known of the 

 chemistry and technology of the sugar cane and cane 

 sugar manufacture. The technicalities relating to 

 machinery it leaves to others, especially to Noel Deerr's 

 work, " Sugar and the Sugar Cane." This book, a very 

 excellent one, published in the same office, appeared 

 in 1905. The most recent work, published by Edward 

 Stanford in 1909, " The Manufacture of Cane Sugar," 

 by Llewellyn Jones, M.I.E.S., and Frederic I. Scard, 

 F.I.C., is also a fine work, profusely illustrated. A new 

 edition, published by Spon, 1909, has recently appeared, 

 of Newlands' portly and expensive volume, " Sugar: a 

 Handbook for Planters and Refiners," bringing things 



1 Now Dr. H. C. Prinsen Geerligs. 



