146  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.     { ADMLreh,Sol!fm' 
A  Text-Book  of  Quantitative  Chemical  Analysis.  By  Frank 
Julian.  Octavo  600  pages,  illustrated.  The  Ramsey  Publishing 
Company,  P.  O.  Box  3,  St.  Paul,  Minn.  $6. 
In  this  work  the  author  aims  to  consider  the  principles  underlying 
quantitative  analysis,  it  being  devoted  to  the  consideration  of  the  fol- 
lowing subjects:  Part  I.  Introduction,  sampling,  preparation  of 
the  sample  for  analysis,  the  balance  and  weights,  the  operations  of 
analysis,  weighing  the  sample,  solution,  evaporation,  distillation, 
precipitation,  separation,  filtration,  washing  precipitates,  ignition, 
volumetric  analysis,  gasometry,  attributive  methods,  calculation  of 
analyses,  errors  and  precautions.  Part  II.  Reagents,  exercises  in 
the  analysis  of  alcohol,  lead  carbonate,  ferrous  sulfate,  sodium  chlo- 
ride, coffee,  ginger,  cast-iron,  ether,  standard  acid  and  alkali,  vinegar, 
lemon-juice,  chloral  hydrate,  acetic  acid,  hydrastis,  guarana,  stand- 
ard permanganate,  potassium  chlorate,  forge  scale,  chrome-yellow, 
metol,  sodium  thiosulfate,  steel,  galena,  barium  chloride,  lard, 
potassium  permanganate,  air,  ammonium  sulfate,  nickel-copper  alloy, 
wollastonite.  Part  III  is  devoted  to  special  methods  and  technical 
analysis  and  includes  colorimetry,  the  fire  assay,  electrolysis,  the 
metals  and  common  acids,  ultimate  organic  analysis,  proximate 
organic  analysis,  chlorimetry,  iron  and  steel,  iron-ores,  coal,  natural 
water,  fertilizers,  the  alcohols,  glycerol,  the  alkaloids,  the  tannins, 
the  carbohydrates,  the  oils  and  fats,  soaps,  milk  and  butter,  urinalysis 
and  the  organic  dyestuffs. 
In  Part  III  is  also  considered  the  analytical  behavior  of  a  number 
of  articles  ot  commercial  importance.  Part  IV  contains  notes  on  the 
methods  ot  analysis,  and  the  appendix  contains  tables,  notes  on 
technical  and  industrial  analysis  and  an  index. 
The  subjects  are  well  presented  and  free  from  ambiguity.  The 
book  is  full  of  valuable  information  and  one  to  be  commended  to 
analysts  and  students  alike. 
Suggested  Standards  of  Purity  for  Drugs  and  Foods.  By 
C.  G.  Moor.  London:  Balliere,  Tindall  and  Cox.  8  Henrietta 
Street,  Covent  Garden,  1902. 
This  work  of  Mr.  Moor's  embodies  an  interesting  discussion  of  ana- 
lytical results  and  has  primarily  to  do  with  their  interpretation.  In 
the  consideration  of  the  drugs  and  preparations  of  the  British  Phar- 
macopoeia the  pharmacopceial  definition  is  given,  but  instead  of  giv- 
