* Horsley, Sir Victor A. H., and Sturge, Mary M. Alcohol and the human body: an introduction to the study of the subject; with a chapter by Arthur Newsholme. *$1.50. Macmillan.
An indictment against the use of alcohol in which “its ill effects on body and mind, on health and strength, on moral action and intellectual activity, are set forth by argument, by facts, by figures, by representations, gruesome in outline and hue, of the morbid conditions which it induces in the chief organs of the human frame.” (Spec.)
“This book is sound literary performance and an earnest tract for the times but we do not see that it can achieve much.”
| + | Acad. 72: 600. Je. 22, ’07. 1080w. | |
| Ind. 63: 1119. N. 7, ’07. 320w. |
“Though on the main issue we do not feel competent to give judgment—the conflict of evidence is too great—we are bound to record the opinion that a book like that under notice is sure to do a great deal of good, and can hardly do any harm even if it is mistaken in fact.”
| + | Spec. 98: 946. Je. 15, ’07. 190w. |
Horstmann, Henry Charles, and Tousley, Victor Hugo. Electrical wiring and construction tables. *$1.50. Drake, F: J.
7–472.
A pocket hand-book for the wire man, contractor, engineer and architect. “The book contains tables for direct-current calculations, for alternating-current calculations, for the smallest size of wire permissible, and for the most economical loss in different installations. Tables and diagrams are given showing the proper size of conduits to accommodate different combinations or numbers of wires; also tables and data for estimating the quantity of material required for different lines of work.” (Engin. N.)