Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  1906. 
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The  book  is  not  intended  to  take  the  place  of  the  various  excellent 
books  on  electro-chemical  experiments,  as  those  by  Oettel  (trans, 
lated  by  E.  F.  Smith)  and  Elbs ;  but  is  devoted  to  a  philosophical  dis- 
cussion of  the  general  principles  involved  in  such  experiments,  and  is 
intended  to  give  a  correct  interpretation  of  the  various  methods  used 
in  the  electrolysis  of  the  organic  compounds.  The  original  litera- 
ture is  cited  and  there  are  two  comprehensive  indexes,  one  of  authors 
and  the  other  of  substances.  The  subject  is  extremely  interesting, 
the  book  is  well  written,  and  is  an  important  contribution  to  the 
literature  of  electro-chemistry. 
A  Systematic  Course  of  Qualitative  Chemical  Analysis  of 
Inorganic  and  Organic  Substances,  with  explanatory  notes  by 
Henry  W.  Schimpf.  8vo,  vii  +  156  pages.  Cloth,  $1.25,  net.  New 
York :  John  Wiley  &  Sons.    London  :  Chapman  &  Hall,  Limited. 
The  book  has  been  prepared  for  students  in  pharmacy  and  con- 
tains most  of  the  inorganic  as  well  as  organic  reactions  that  a  student 
of  pharmacy  would  need  in  his  work. 
Part  I  is  devoted  to  Definitions  and  General  Considerations : 
Notation,  Classification,  and  Nomenclature  of  Elements  and  Organic 
Compounds. 
In  Part  II  is  considered  the  Identification  and  Separation  of  Inor- 
ganic Bases  and  Acids  :  The  Systematic  Analysis  of  a  Chemical 
Substance,  Simple  or  Compound ;  Heat  Test,  Sulfuric-acid  Test,  the 
Charcoal  Test,  Sodium-carbonate  Test,  the  Hydrochloric-acid  Test, 
Table  for  the  Identification  of  the  Metals,  Chart  for  the  Separation 
of  the  Metals  (Group  I  to  V),  Chart  for  the  Separation  of  Insoluble 
Phosphates,  Preparation  of  a  Solution  for  Analysis  in  the  Wet  Way, 
Alloys  and  Hard  Metals,  Table  Showing  the  Solubility  of  the  More 
Commonly  Occurring  Salts,  the  Identification  of  Acids  and  Acidulous 
Radicals, -Systematic  Detection  of  the  Acids  in  Solutions,  Special 
Tests  for  Acids  of  Groups  I  to  IV,  Special  Tests  for  Organic  Acids. 
Part  III  is  devoted  to  Qualitative  Analysis  of  Organic  Substances : 
Behavior  of  Organic  Substances  with  Immiscible  Solvents  ;  Behavior 
of  Organic  Substances  with  Fehling's  Solution ;  A  Systematic 
Scheme  for  the  Identification  of  the  Most  Important  Carbohydrates  ; 
Chart  for  the  Detection  of  the  More  Common  Organic  Compounds 
of  Pharmaceutical  Interest.  Class  A.  Division  a.  Liquids  Miscible 
with  Water ;  Methods  for  the  Detection  of  Methyl  Alcohol  in  Grain 
