Recent Advances In Organic Chemistry Author:Alfred Walter Stewart RECENT ADVANCES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - The work is an important addition to the library of the physical chemist, and as such forms a notable contribution to chemical literature. The Chemical Trade Journal. Though the author did not aim at exhaustive treatment, yet he has succeeded in his 583 pages in giving us a sketch of the whole field of ster... more »eochemical research, and has made it possible even for a beginner to grasp the subject. . . . Especially worthy of commendation is the manner in which attention is distinctly drawn to the gaps still remaining to be filled up, so that junior readers will meet with numerous themes for research. PROF. C. A BISCHOFF in the Chemiker-Zeit-ung. The present admirable work is essentially a critical review of the stereochemical views of to-day, but at the same time it brings together and weaves into the fabric an immense number of facts scattered in various journals, and indicates numerous problems still awaiting solution. . . . The work may be recommended to all who have some knowledge of organic chemistry and who are interested in the development of chemistry in the direction of physics. - Knowledge. This book is practically a complete, and in many cases, a detailed account of the subject of stereo or space chemistry since the foundations of this extremely fruitful branch of chemical science were laid by Pasteur and Wislicenus. It is not a historical summary, but a carefully thought out treatise, and one which chemists who have to lecture or teach the subject will find of the greatest use. Natiire. By the publication of this volume, Sir William Ramsays series of 1 Text-books of Physical Chemistry has received a valuable addition. Stewarts Stereochemistry is conceived in a thoroughly modern spirit, and can be heartily recommended as a guide to the whole subject. Physikalische Zeitschrift. This volume maintains the high reputation of its predecessors. . . . The countless references to original literature make the book a very valuable work of reference. Transactions of the Faraday Society, Though several treatises on the subject have already appeared, the author has known how to handle it in an independent fashion of his own, and within the limits of the volume has produced an extremely well-arranged work which will serve as a guide to the present state of the science and as an inspiration to further research. PROF. W. OSTWALD in the Zeitschriftfur Physikalische Chemie. - PREFACE IN the present volume the Author has aimed at giving a general idea of the researches which have been carried out in Organic Chemistry within the last ten years, but there has been no rigid adherence to this period when it appeared desirable to include earlier investigations. A considerable portion of the material has not previously been collected in volume form and as far as possible the most recent work in each branch of the subject has been described. Except in the case of the third chapter, no attempt has been made to enter into stereochemical questions. Eeaders desiring information on this subject are referred to the Authors book in Sir William Eamsays series of Text-Books of Physical Chemistry...« less