Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry

Abstract

THE new edition of Prof. Stewart's account of recent advances in organic chemistry conveys an immediate impression of the immense current activity in this field, since the author has now found it necessary to expand the work from one volume to two. The rising tide of research papers in chemistry, and particularly in organic chemistry, has, indeed, become something of an embarrassment during the last few years. Despite the introduction of a rigorous scrutiny of contributions, the publication committees of chemical periodicals find difficulty in compressing the material submitted within reasonable limits; librarians are becoming concerned at the increasing demands which are being made upon their housing accommodation; and last, but not least, individual members of chemical societies view with pardonable disquietude their unenviable duty of making pecuniary provision for the printing of a vast output of literature, which for the most part is so highly specialised as to carry little general appeal. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry. By Prof. Alfred W. Stewart. Fifth edition. Vol 1. Pp. xiv + 387. 21s. net. Vol. 2. Pp. xiv + 382. 21s. net. (London: Longmns, Green and Co., Ltd., 1927.)