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almost disabled him from intellectual work during a large account of the life and work of the popular scientist as 
part of his early manhood, and sometimes biought him to they are likely to need, and one that is worthy of its 
the verge of dispair. Nevertheless, it was while suffering subject and of its author. 
from this great affliction that he succeeded with some Sh. } 
help from his sister in preparing his text-book on  /ements of Chemistry, Descriptive and Qualitative, briefer 
chemistry, which at once made him known to the. public, Course. By James H. Sueparp. Boston, D. C. 
and gave him the means of support. This treatise was, Heath and Co. 1863, 240 p. ! 
in Mr. Fiske’s opinion, Youmans’s germinal book, all his 
subsequent work being foreshadowed in it. Next came 
his career as a scientific lecturer, in which he was suc- 
cessful not only in a pecuniary way but also in increasing 
the popular interest in the physical sciences. 
The rest of the book before us.is devoted to those 
wider enterprises in which Youmans engaged, beginning 
with his first acquaintance with Herbert Spencer and his 
agency in securing the publication of Spencer’s works in 
this country. ‘This part of the book is enriched by a 
large amount cf correspondence between the two men, 
which not only shows their business relations to each 
other and to their publishers, but reveals many interesting 
traits of character. There are also letters from Huxley, 
Tyndall and other scientists, besides many that passed 
between Youmans and the members of his family. A 
full account is also given of the establishment of the 
Popular Science Monthly, which, it seems, was successful 
from the start, and also of the International Scientific 
Series, which was not started without some difficulty, but 
which, as our readers well know, proved both scientifically 
Tue success of Shepard’s Inorganic Chemistry, as ex- 
emplified by its use in over three hundred and fifty colleges 
and schools, and by the high words of praise which have 
already been accorded it, is sufficient warrant of Professor 
Shepard’s understanding of the needs of a school text- 
book in chemistry. The present volume is prepared as a 
briefer course and is intended to meet the needs of 
secondary school instruction, particularly where chemistry 
as a study has been forced into a limited period. In ad- 
dition to the elements of inorganic chemistry, the author 
has added to the completeness of the work by a chapter 
on organic chemistry, treating successfully in an elementary 
manner thisrather difficult department. The book is clear, 
concise, and well adapted for young pupils. It is interest- 
ing to note that Professor Shepard’s Inorganic Chemistry 
has been recommended by the Committee of Secondary 
School Studies, appointed at the meeting of the National 
Educational Association. 
and commercially successful in the end. NOTES AND NEWS. 
The book closes with a series of extracts from You- 
mans’s writings, giving his views on education, on the A CROWDED meeting of the members of the Victoria 
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