Progress Reports in Biochemistry

Abstract

IN no branch of science is the number of publications increasing more rapidly than in biochemistry, and it is already hopeless for a.worker to try to keep in touch with the original literature, or even the abstracts, without an undue expenditure of time. The Chemical Society rendered inestimable service to chemists when it began its “Annual Reports” some twenty-nine years ago; these include a section on the progress of biochemistry, generally the work of two authors who deal with the animal and the plant world separately. The space so available is to-day quite inadequate and therefore a warm welcome awaits this new venture, which is intended to present reviews of the current developments in five-and-twenty to thirty of the major fields of interest. Two annual volumes are before us, under the auspices of the Stanford University Press with the support of the Chemical Foundation, and edited by J. M. Luck. Their price, having regard to their utility, is reasonable. Annual Review of Biochemistry. Edited By James Murray Luck. Vol. 1. Pp. vii + 724. Vol. 2. Pp. vii + 564. (Stanford University, Calif.: Stanford University Press; London: H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd., 1932, 1933.) 5 dollars each.