304 Book Notices. 
the action of acids and alkalies, as well as the influence of one 
on the solubility of another. 
The alphabetical arrangement makes the work one of extreme convel= 
ience for reference, as it proceeds on no principle of selection, but gives 
the names of all substances, each in its proper place, with formulas of 
constitution, and in all important—we might almost say in all pe 
£ases, with references to original memoirs or authorities. The a 
ment of substances is by the acids rather than by the bases. Thus ‘the 
all the salts of these electronegative substances. It of course falls into 
the plan of this work to present full tables of solubilities of all the im- 
portant substances of common use in the laboratory, as ammonia, ae 
acid, the aceta tes, &e. &e. "The qualities of accuracy, fullness, see 
_ this Die 
alytical student who has well mastered his Fresenius can afford to 3 
without it, while manufacturers mt pharmaceutists will find it the most ee 
convenient vade mecum at their comman 
Mr. Storer tells us in his preface that ie was driven, after pre ‘ 
years of labor, to the expedient of printing, in order to fa cilitate the 
The present work is shite as its is eee in rae points 
a general outline requiring innumerable details to fill up each § neat 
feature. But taken as it stands it is a monument of amazing labor, 
dition, and skillful ewe Such “compilations” can be ma an 
by the hand of a master. Mr. Storer has for some time been reco 
RE cee aie as See ie aed aad gr 
ourn 
Which have lately appeared from his pen in our pages, on a great varie, 
of subjects. The article on coal oils, published in the modell form of 
a review of Dr. Antisell’s book, has been very widely re reproduced, 
is oo dhe ¢ complimented by Wagner i in the Jahresbericht, while rere 
nee 
home ey abroad, pete quoted by Kerl, Otto, fg and ote ae 4 
nn ~ amie Editor of that wall b knows ae rnal. pre 
assured of the early completion of the "Firat — iabor 
coker wih any author a longer life or more sustained a 3 
than is _— in the completion of the work in all its por 3 according 
to the original plan, ich 
2. New American Cyclopedia, vols. XV and XVI—This work, 
s been sea 4 six years in baat is completed. Some of the —_ 
