10 



HENRY C. LEA'S PUBLICATIONS (Chemistry^. 



(GEORGE], Ph.D. 

 A MANUAL OF ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY; Theoretical and 



Practical. Revised and corrected by HKNRY WATTS, B.A., F.R.S., author of "A Diction- 

 ary of Chemistry," etc. With a colored plate, and one hundred and seventy-seven illus- 

 trations. A new American, from thi twelfth and enlarged London edition. Edited by 

 ROBERT BRIDGES, M.D. In one large royal 12mo. volume, of over 1000 pages ; 

 cloth, $2 75; leather, $3 25. (Just Ready.) 



Two careful revisions by Mr. Watts, since the appearance of the last American edition of 

 " Fownes," have so enlarged the work that in England it has been divided into two volumes. In 

 reprinting it, by the use of a small and exceedingly clear type, cast for the purpose, it has been 

 found possible to comprise the whole, without omission, in one volume, not unhandy for study and 

 reference. The enlargement of the work has induced the American Editor to confine his additions 

 to the narrowest compass, and he has accordingly inserted only such discoveries as have been an- 

 nounced since the very recent appearance of the work in England, and has added the standards 

 in popular use to the Decimal and Centigrade systems employed in the original. 



Among the additions to this edition will be found a very handsome colored plate, representing 

 a number of spectra in the spectroscope. Every care has been taken in the typographical execu- 

 tion to render the volume worthy in every respect of its high reputation and extended use, and 

 though it has been enlarged by more than one hundred and fifty pages, its very moderate price 

 will still maintain it as one of the cheapest volumes accessible to the chemical student. 

 This work, inorganic and organic, is complete in j what formidable magnitude with its 



one convenient volume. In its earliest editions it 

 w;;s fully up to the latest advancements and theo- 

 ries of that time. In its present form, it presents, 

 in a remarkably convenient and satisfactory man- 

 uer, the principles and leading facts of the chemistry 

 of to-day. Concerning the manner in which the 

 various subjects are treated, much deserves to be 

 said, and mostly, too, in praise of the book. A re- 

 view of such a work ae Fownes's Chemistry within 

 the limits of a book-notice for a medical weekly is 

 simply out of the question. Cincinnati Lanctt and 

 Clinic, Dec. 14, 1878. 



When we state that, in our opinion, the present 

 edition sustains in every respect the high reputation 

 which its predecessors have acquired and eujoyed, 

 we express therewith our full belief in its intrinsic 

 value as a text-book and work of reference. Am. 

 Journ. of Pharm., Aug. 1S7S. 



The conscientious care which has been bestowed 

 upon it by the American and English editors renders 

 it still, perhaps, the best book for the student and the 

 practitioner who would keep alive the acquisitions 

 of his student days. It has, indeed, reached a some- 



more than a 



thousand pages, but with less than this no fair repre- 

 sentation of chemistry as it now is can be given. The 

 type is small but very clear, and the sections are very 

 lucidly arranged to facilitate study and reference. 

 Med. and Surg. Reporter, Aug ''>, 1878. 



The work is too well known to American students 

 to need any extended notice; suffice it to say that 

 the reviMon by the English editor has been faithfully 

 done, and that Professor Bridges has added some 

 fresh and valuable matter, especially in the inor- 

 ganic chemistry. The book has always been a fa- 

 vorite in this country, and in its new shape bids 

 fair to retain all its former prestige.. Boston Jour, 

 of Chemistry, Aug. 1878. 



It will be entirely unnecessary for us to make any 

 remarks relating to the general character of Fownes' 

 Manual. For over twenty years it has held the fore- 

 most place as a text-book, and the elaborate and 

 thorough revisions which have been made from time 

 to tirneleavelittlechauce for any wide awake rival to 

 step before it. Canadian Pharm. Jour., Aug. 1878. 



As a manual of chemistry it is without a superior 

 in the language. Md. Med. Jour., Aug. 1878. 



A TTFIELD (JOHN), Ph.D., 



*-*- Professor of Practical Chemistry to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, &c. 



CHEMISTRY, GENERAL, MEDICAL, AND PHARMACEUTICAL; 



including the Chemistry of the IT. S. Pharmacopoeia. A Manual of the General Principles 

 of the Science, and their Application to Medicine and Pharmacy. Eighth edition revised 

 by the author. In one handsome royal 12mo. volume of 700 pages, with illustrations. 

 Cloth, $2 50 ; leather, $3 00. (Just Ready.) 



We have repeatedly expressed our favorable f of chemistry in all the medical colleges in the 

 opinion of this work, and on the appearance of a i United States. The present edition contains such 

 new edition of it, little remains for us to say, ex- i alterations and additions as seemed necessary for 

 cept, that we expect this eighth edition to be as i the demonstration of the latest developments of 



indispensable to us as the seventh and previous 

 editions have been. While the general plan and 

 arrangement have been adhered to, new matter 

 has been added covering the observations made 

 since the former edition The present differs from 

 the preceding one chiefly in these alterations and 

 in about ten pages of useful tables added in the 

 appendix Am. Jour, of Pharmacy, May, 1S~9. 



A standard work like Attfield's Chemistry need 

 only be mentioned by its name, without further 

 comments The present edition contains such al 

 terations and additions as seemed necessary for 



chemical principles, and the latest applications of 

 chemistry to p'aarmacy. It is scarcely necessary 

 for us to say that it exhibits chemistry in its pre- 

 sent advanced state. Cincinnati Medical Ntws, 

 April, 1879. 



The popularity which this work has enjoyed is 

 owing to the original and clear disposition of the 

 facts of the science, the accuracy of the details, and 

 the omission of much which freights many treatises 

 heavily without bringing corresponding instruction 

 to the reader. Dr. Attfield writes for students, and 

 primarily for medical students; he always hns an 



the demonstration of the latest developments of! eye to the pharmacopoeia and its officinal prepara- 



chemical principles, and the latest applications of 

 chemistry to pharmacy. The author has bestowed 

 arduous labor on the revision, and the ex'ent of 

 the information thus introduced may be estimated 

 fi-i>ai the fact that the index contains three hun- 

 dred new references relating to additional mate- 

 rial. Druggists 1 Circular and Chemical Gazette, 

 May, 1879. 



This very popular and meritorious work has 



now reached its eighth edition, which fact speaks | the chemistry of the pharmacopoeia of the United 

 in the highest terms in commendation of its excel I States, Great Britain, and India. flew Remedies, 

 lence. It has now become the principal text-book I May, 1879. 



tions ; and he is continually putting the matter in 

 the text so that it responds to the questions with 

 which each section is provided. Thus the student 

 learns easily, and can always refresh and test his 

 knowledge. Med andSnrg. Reporter, Apri 10/79. 

 We noticed only about two years and a half ago 

 the publication of the preceding edition, and re- 

 marked upon the exceptionally valuable character 

 of the work. The work now includes the whole of 



