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recommend this useful and timely little work to all physicists, and 

 hope that an English translation of it will before very long be 

 forthcoming. 



Baumert's Lelirbuch der Gericlitlichen Chemie* Zweiter Band : Der 

 Nachweis von Scliriftfcilscliwiffen, Blitt, Sperma, u.s.w. Von 

 Prof. Dr. M. Deishssteut unci Dr. P. Voigtlander. Mit 98 

 Abbildungen. Braunschweig: F. Vieweg und Sohn. 1906. 

 Pp. vii + 248. 



This is the second volume of the second edition of Dr. Baumert's 

 treatise on forensic chemistry, and deals with those aspects of the 

 subject which are not of a purely chemical nature. The work is 

 addressed not only to professional chemists and medical men, but 

 also to lawyers and judges, and the educated public in general. 

 For this reason, it is written in a style which is clear and simple, 

 and as free from technicalities as the nature of the subject will 

 allow. The greater portion of the work deals with the methods 

 for detecting forgeries, and in this connection very special attention 

 is devoted to photographic methods. The remaining two sections 

 of the book deal with the detection of blood and blood-stains, and 

 of sperm. The book is illustrated with a large number of instructive 

 photographic reproductions of actual cases within the experience 

 of the authors, and will be found extremely useful to all interested 

 in the investigation of criminal cases. 



PhilosopJiisches Lesebuch. Zum Grebrauch an Hoheren Schulen 

 und zum Selbststudium. Von Dr. Bastian Schmid. Leipzig: 

 B. G. Teubner. 1906. Pp. viii + 166. 



To those who take a keen interest in philosophical questions, but 

 who cannot spare the time to wade through the voluminous 

 writings of the leading philosophers, or to sound the innermost 

 depths of their metaphysical subtleties!, we can warmly recommend 

 the present volume, which will enable any intelligent reader to 

 acquire at least a general notion of the trend of philosophic thought 

 in all ages, from the earliest period of Greek philosophy to its 

 most modern developments. The author has made a careful 

 selection from the writings of the leaders of philosophic thought, 

 and has, by means of judicious explanatory notes, welded the 

 whole together to form a more or less connected account of the 

 various schools of philosophy. It is certainly a bold and effective 

 plan to allow each philosopher to plead his own cause, as it were, 

 the author merely acting the part of introducer, and doing his 

 best to make the meaning of each as clear as possible. The book 

 contains some passages which form difficult reading, but the 

 selection as a whole has been carried out admirably, and a perusal 

 of the book should certainly have the effect of stimulating those 

 with a metaphysical turn of mind to further study and research. 



