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Book  Reviews. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1920. 
The  foregoing  quotations  from  the  preface  of  this  book  gives  an 
idea  of  its  purpose. 
The  author,  who  is  a  well  known  English  authority,  gives  a  synop- 
sis of  the  education  and  training  recommended  for  the  profession  of 
chemistry;  beginning  with  preliminary  education  and  leading  up  to 
a  description  of  the  requirements  for  admission  into  that  ancient  and 
honorable  body  known  as  the  Institute  of  Chemistry,  a  Fellowship 
in  which  is  one  of  the  highest  honors  that  can  come  to  a  chemist. 
The  book  is  divided  into  the  following  general  headings : 
A.  Education  and  Training: 
1.  General  education. 
2.  Matriculation  or  Preliminary  Examination. 
3.  Technical  training. 
4.  Qualification  (including  degrees  in  course). 
5.  Higher  qualification  (including  post-graduate  degrees). 
B.  Possible  Careers  for  a  Chemist: 
1 .  Consulting  practice. 
2.  Industrial  practice. 
Analytical. 
Research. 
Works  control. 
Consulting  technological. 
3.  Official  chemical  appointments. 
4.  Teaching. 
5  and  6.  Combinations  of  the  foregoing. 
A  very  interesting  chapter  in  the  early  part  of  the  book  is  con- 
cerned with  the  discussion  of  the  differentiation  between  pharma- 
cists and  chemists,  for  in  England  the  pharmacists  are  usually 
called  chemists  whether  they  possess  any  specialized  training  along 
that  line  or  not.  The  confusion  in  terms  is  explained  by  the  author 
who  contributes  some  interesting  historical  data  in  connection  there- 
with. 
In  the  chapter  on  Professional  Training,  the  following  paragraph 
will  find  unqualified  approval  among  teachers  of  chemistry : 
"The  sciences  with  which  a  chemist  must  be  acquainted  are  to 
connected  and  so  enlighten  one  another  that  it  is  impossible  for  him 
to  obtain  a  competent  knowledge  of  any  one  branch  without  an 
acquaintance  with  at  least  the  fundamental  principles  of  several 
allied  branches.    Though  he  has  comparative  mastery  over  one 
