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An appendix provides useful formulae and data, and a list of 

 books for further reference. 



The Microscope in the Mill : Formation, Chemistry and Pests 

 of Corn, Meal and Flour. By James Scott, pp. x + 246 + 

 124 figs, in text. (Liverpool : The Northern Publishing 

 Co., Ltd.) 



The contents of the above book are arranged in twenty-six 

 chapters which have appeared as serial matter at various times 

 in the pages of Milling. This leads to the appearance of dis- 

 continuity in the treatment of the matter, as each chapter is more 

 or less independent. The author would have been well advised in 

 removing this serial character if only to the extent of numbering 

 the figures consecutively. The author has obtained his material 

 from direct observation and experiment on the objects and sub- 

 stances described, the illustrations being exact reproductions 

 of the original drawings. To those engaged in the milling industry 

 the book may provide useful information where work of a 

 microscopic character is carried out. The micro-analyst of cereal 

 foods would find it useful in the detection of adulteration and in 

 the analysis of mixtures. The titles of some of the chapters will 

 sufficiently indicate the scope of the book : The Micro- 

 structure of "Wheat, of Barley, of Maize ; Oatmeal Microscopically 

 Considered ; The Proteids of Flour ; Saccharification of Starch ; 

 Ergot; Micro-fungi of Grain; Rope in Bread; The Wheat 

 Midge ; Corn Saw-fly. 



