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Reviews. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H or. 
Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts and Collateral 
Information in the Arts , Manufactures, Professions, and 
Trades, fyc. fyc. Sixth Edition, Revised and partly 
Rewritten by Richard V. Tuson, F.I.C., F.C.S., Professor 
of Chemistry and Toxicology in the Royal Veterinary 
College. London : J. and A. Churchill, 1878. 
The editor of Cooley’s f Cyclopaedia’ being on the staff of 
this Journal, we can but direct the attention of our readers 
to the scope and leading characteristics of the work. Previous 
editions were published as a whole in one volume, whereas 
the present issue is appearing in monthly parts. Already 
eight numbers are in the hands of the public, while seven 
more have to be seen through the press; the book may then 
be bound up in two volumes. The last edition contained 
twelve hundred pages, the present will contain nearly seven¬ 
teen hundred. The additional four hundred and eighty to 
five hundred pages of new and closely printed matter have 
been furnished by Professor Tuson, aided by a goodly number 
of contributors eminent in various departments of science, 
art, manufactures, &c. 
Among the subjects discussed, will be found articles on 
Human and Veterinary Medicine, Hygiene, Agriculture, 
General and Applied Chemistry, Pyrotechny, Pharmacy, 
Brewing, Distilling, Dyeing, Cookery, also Domestic and 
Trade Receipts, and literally a host of other topics too nume¬ 
rous to mention here in detail. That the work is popular 
and highly valued is proved by the fact that it is now pass¬ 
ing through its sixth edition, and by the circumstance that 
it has a very large sale both at home and abroad. Though 
we are debarred from saying anything directly in praise of 
the way in which Professor Tuson is performing his labo¬ 
rious task we may nevertheless state that in the many in¬ 
dependent journals that have reviewed the book it is spoken 
of in terms of the highest commendation. 
