“Dr Sully’s new volume belongs to that class of books, unhappily rare, which are much more pleasant to read than to criticise. Its merits, like those of a well-baked cake, are diffused imperceptibly throughout the whole mass; it does not lend itself to quotation; there are many plums, but to savour their true excellence they have to be taken in their original environment.”
+ Spec 121:460 O 26 ’18 940w
“Dr Sully contributes to literature a book of value as well as interest in ‘My life and my friends.’”
+ Springf’d Republican p8 Ja 25 ’21 1100w
SUMMERS, A. LEONARD. Asbestos and the asbestos industry. (Pitman’s common commodities and industries ser.) il $1 Pitman 553.6
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“Until the completion of this work, there existed no comprehensive book on the absorbing study of asbestos.... The uses and scope of asbestos having now become universal, it has long been felt that a book thereon was much needed, so few people really understanding the subject; and the author (for many years closely associated with the industry), while avoiding as far as possible too dry and tiresome technicalities, has dealt with everything of real interest and utility in a concise and popular style to appeal to every class of reader.” (Foreword) There are illustrations by the author and from photographs and the book is indexed.
“The volume on ‘Asbestos’ decidedly suffers by comparison with its companion volume [on ‘Zinc’ by T. E. Lones] as the author does not take care to avoid a number of errors, which, though common enough in the trade, ought not to find their way into a book of this description.”
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