“It is adapted to use as a lighter text-book for students intending to specialize in mining engineering, and is so written as to be equally well adapted to the needs of the practical miner who may wish to qualify for higher and more responsible positions in the coal-mining industry.”
| + | Engin. N. 58: 297. S. 12, ’07. 330w. |
“These varied subjects are dealt with in a thoroughly practical manner, and although necessarily brief, the descriptions are well up to date.”
| + | Nature. 75: 364. F. 14, ’07. 530w. |
Toothaker, Charles Robinson. Commercial raw materials. $1.25. Ginn.
A comprehensive and conveniently arranged handbook describing briefly the important materials which enter into the commerce of the world—such as cotton, sugar, woods, rubber, silk, iron and coal.
“The book is distinctly a book of facts, with no attempt to bring out the causal side of production or trade. Hence the volume can only be a supplementary reference text, a present help in trouble; and it is not intended as a class book.” Richard Elwood Dodge.
| + | Educ. R. 34: 534. D. ’07. 170w. |
Topliff, Samuel. Topliff’s travels: letters from abroad in the years 1828 and 1829; ed. with a memoir and notes by Ethel Stanwood Bolton. $2. Boston Athenaeum.