Abstract
THE present book is an abridged form of the larger work by the same author and contains those parts of the subject required by the first year student. The theoretical parts are almost as full as in the longer book and the treatment of the simplest and most important compounds remains almost un altered. Experiments are described, so that the book gives a complete course in elementary organic chemistry. There are also questions and numerical and other problems, with answers. The text is clear and accurate and the brief descriptions of large-scale operations are much more up-to-date than is usual in such books. The modern formulae of the carbohydrates are given. The discussions of theoretical matters, such as stereoisomerism and the structure of benzene deserve special commend ation. Dr. Taylor's book is a very satisfactory course of elementary organic chemistry and can be recommended both for schools and for junior students in universities.
A Short Organic Chemistry.
By Dr. F. Sherwood Taylor. Pp. viii + 378. (London: William Heinemaiin, Ltd., 1933.) 5s.
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[Short Reviews]. Nature 133, 369 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133369a0
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