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THIS little book is intended apparently for the use of very young children. The attempt to explain the nature of the elements by analogy with the letters of the alphabet is somewhat obscure, though it would perhaps be difficult to find a different method. The book is divided into lessons, and each lesson followed by questions which are, on the whole, well selected. The same cannot, however, be said of the experiments at the end of the book, which all smack strongly of the “conjuring trick.” We cannot coincide with the editor in recommending the book to artisans and business men, who, we think, might attempt something a little more advanced, even as a first book. For those, however, who wish to teach children chemistry, it will no doubt be useful.
The A B C of chemistry.
By Mrs. R. B. Taylor W. Mattieu Williams (London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1873)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 8, 260 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008260b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/008260b0