12mo. 340 pages. Price 75 cents.
Every page of this book bears evidence of the author's superior ability
of perfectly conforming his style to the capacity of youth. This is a
merit rarely possessed by the authors of scientific school-books, and
will be appreciated by every discriminating teacher. While Chemistry is
almost universally regarded by students as a dry and repulsive study
(owing to the rigid and technical manner in which it is presented), Mr.
Youmans' work will be found pre-eminent in clearness and simplicity
of diction, by which the subject is made at once interesting and
attractive. It is especially commended by the eminently practical
manner in which each subject is presented. Its illustrations are drawn
largely from the phenomena of daily experience, and the interest of the
pupil is speedily awakened by the consideration that Chemistry is not a
matter belonging exclusively to physicians and professors.
_From_ PROF. WM. H. BIGELOW.
The eminently practical character of the Class-book, treating of
the familiar applications of the science, is, in my opinion, its
chief excellence, and gives it a value far superior to any other
work now before the public.
_From_ DAVID SYME, A. M., _formerly Principal of the Math. Dept. and
Lecturer in Nat. Philosophy, Chemistry, and Physiology, in Columbia
College_.
MR. YOUMANS: Dear Sir,--I have carefully examined your Class-Book
on Chemistry, and, in my opinion, it is better adapted for use in
schools and academies than any other work on the subject that has
fallen under my observation.
I hope that the success of your Class-Book will be proportionate
to its merits, and that your efforts to diffuse the knowledge of
Chemistry will be duly appreciated by the friends of education.
_From_ PROF. J. MULLIGAN, _Principal of Young Ladies' School, New York_.
We have a large number of school-books for the purpose of giving
elementary instruction in Chemistry--possessing various kinds and
various degrees of merit; but of all which I have examined, I
should prefer the Class-Book of Chemistry, as the most perspicuous
in style and method, and as containing the happiest selection of
what is most interesting, and most practically valuable in the vast
field of chemical science.
_From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser._
Either for schools or for general reading, we know of no elementary
work on Chemistry which in every respect pleases us so much as this.
_From the Scientific American._
Such a book, in the present state of chemical science, was
demanded; but to present the subject in such a clear, comprehensive
manner, in a work of the size before us, is more than we expected.
The author has happily succeeded in clothing his ideas in plain
language--true eloquence--so as to render the subject both
interesting and easily comprehended. The number of men who can
write on science and write clearly, is small; but our author is
among that number.
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