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NOW COMPLETE. SIXTH EDITION, GREATLY ENLARGED. 



COOLEY'S 



Cyclopedia of Practical Receipts, 



AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE 



Arts, Manufactures, Professions and Trades, including Medicine, Pharmacy and Domestic 



Economy. Designed as a Comprehensive Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia, 



and General Book of Reference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, 



Amateur, and Heads of Families, 



SIXTH EDITION. Revised and partly rewritten by 



RICHARD V. TUSON, 



PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY IN THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE. 



Complete in two volumes, 8vo, 1,796 pages. With Illustrations. Price, $9.00. 



Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts has for many years enjoyed an extended reputation for its accu- 

 racy and comprehensiveness. The sixth edition, now just completed, is larger than the last by some six hundred pages. 

 Much greater space than hitherto is devoted to Hygiene (including sanitation, the composition and adulteration of 

 foods), as well as to the Arts, Pharmacy, Manufacturing Chemistry, and other subjects of importance to those for 

 whom the work is intended. The articles on what is commonly termed " Household Medicine " have been amplified 

 and numerically increased. 



The great characteristic of this work is, then, its general usefulness. In covering such diverse subjects, the very best and most recent research 

 seems to have been sought for, and the work is remarkable for intelligent industry. An estimate of the value of two volumes of some 1,800 closely- 

 printed pages can hardly be arrived at when they are skimmed over in the usual perfunctory manner; but some necessity having arisen on the part of 

 the reviewer to consult these volumnes. brought quite into prominence the fact that the material was excellent and up to the time. . . . It is hardly 

 possible to attempt to indicate alphabetically the list of topics. Sufficient it is to say that from an abattoir to zorc nium nothing has been left out. 

 1 his very complete work can, then, be highly recommended as fulfilling to the letter what it purports to be— a cyclopaedia of practical receipts."— 

 Aew York Times. 



It is a well-edited special work, compiled with excellent judgment for special purposes, which are kept constantly in mind. If it is more compre- 

 hensive than its title suggests, that is only because it is impossible to define the limits of its purpose with exactitude, or to describe its contents upon a 

 title-page. It seems to overstep its boundaries only in those cases in which its subjects belong in part within and in part without the territory that the 

 work is intented to cover. In such cases a little more is given than the reader has a right to demand, but not more than is he likely to want. Illustra- 

 tions of the text are freely used, and the mechanical execution of the work is excellent."— New York Evening Post. 



' T ne b°ok may be character zed in a word as a sort of a domestic cyclopaedia, containing in the articles alphabetically arranged information on all 

 sorts of topics related to home life, and information put not in an abstract way, or for mere scientific information, but in a concrete way, and for the 

 practical service of the household. Turning over the pages, to give our readers some conception of the book, we find in it such articles as Acetic Acid, 

 t ■ j S^".'* 16 sources from which and the methods by which it is procured, and its uses an 'I dangers; Adulteration, which, besides a very brief history 

 of adulterations, gives in alphabetical order a list of the articles most commonly adulterated, with the names of the substances used for that purpose ; 

 Ague, which states the symtoms and external causes of the disease, and briefly suggests methods of prevention. These articles may serve as types, to 

 give the reader some idea of the general spirit and character of the book for the manufacturer, the storekeeper, and the household. It is an exceedingly 

 valuable book of reference."— The Christian Union. 



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