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The  book  is  especially  intended  for  the  use  of  physiologists  and 
biochemists.  It  contains,  however,  much  information  that  the  dis- 
pensing pharmacist  could  use  to  advantage.  In  the  making  of  oint- 
ments, the  preparation  of  emulsions  and  the  manufacture  of  sub- 
stances containing  fatty  constituents,  he  would  obtain  hints  that 
would  enable  him  better  to  co-operate  with  the  physician  and  discern 
the  objects  he  has  in  mind  and  why  certain  classes  of  fats  apparently 
give  more  satisfactory  results  than  others  in  given  conditions. 
A  Systematic  Handbook  of  Volumetric  Analysis  or  the 
quantitative  determination  of  chemical  substances  by  measure, 
applied  to  liquids,  solids,  and  gases.  By  Francis  Sutton,  F.I.C, 
F.C.S.,  Public  Analyst  for  the  County  of  Norfolk,  etc.  Tenth 
Edition,  revised  throughout  with  numerous  additions  by  W.  Lin- 
colne  Sutton,  F.I.C,  Public  Analyst  for  the  County  of  Suffolk, 
Norwich,  Ipswich,  etc.,  and  Alfred  E.  Johnson,  B.Sc,  Lond.  Phila- 
delphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.,  191 1.   $5.50  net. 
It  is  now  nearly  fifty  years  since  the  first  edition  of  Sutton's 
"  Volumetric  Analysis  "  was  published.  This  year  the  elder  Sutton 
celebrates  his  jubilee  as  a  Fellow  of  the  Chemical  Society,  and  well 
may  the  members  rejoice  with  him  in  recognition  of  his  achieve- 
ments and  the  useful  work  which  he  has  done  in  pure  and  applied 
chemistry.  Not  only  has  Sutton's  "  Volumetric  Analysis  "  been 
used  by  the  pharmacist,  manufacturing  chemist,  pathological  chemist, 
etc.,  but  it  has  also  been  adapted  to  the  requirements  in  pure  chem- 
ical research.  And  this  may  be  taken  to  explain  the  secret  of  the 
success  of  the  work.  The  author,  having  before  him  an  ideal  and 
being  fully  cognizant  of  the  importance  of  research  in  advancing 
knowledge,  has  nevertheless  utilized  the  results  of  research  workers 
in  the  various  fields  of  applied  chemistry. 
It  is  indeed  an  inspiration  to  read  the  author's  preface  in  this 
the  tenth  edition  and  find  his  enthusiasm  unabated  and  his  optimism 
as  great  apparently  as  in  1863,  when  the  first  edition  came  from  the 
press.  He  says  :  "  An  exceptionally  long  interval  of  seven  years  has 
elapsed  since  the  publication  of  the  last  edition  of  this  work,  whilst 
it  has  been  out  of  print  for  nearly  eighteen  months,  a  fact  which  is 
without  precedent  in  its  history.  The  interval  has  not  left  me  a 
younger  man,  and  I  must  confess  that  as  the  time  for  a  new  edition 
approached  I  have  found  myself,  at  the  age  of  four-score  years,  less 
equal  to  the  task.    So  large  and  so  constant  is  the  work  now  being 
