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Granville, W. A. Elements of differential and integral calculus. $2.50. Ginn.
To meet the need of a modern text-book on calculus which is at once rigorous and elementary, is the rather difficult task of the author. “On the one hand it is necessary to avoid the worthless and even vicious forms of reasoning which mar so many elementary treatises and which are simply intolerable to one educated according to modern standards of rigor. On the other hand, the author must not introduce subtleties of reasoning and logical refinements beyond the needs and comprehension of those who are to use the book. The volume under review is an attempt to solve this problem.” (Science).
“Its first quality is clearness; its second, judicious accentuation. The ground notions are admirably handled, and throughout, the nature and limitations of important theorems are conscientiously indicated.” C. J. Keyser.
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“This is a book the main object of which seems to be to enable the student to acquire a knowledge of the subject with little or no assistance from a teacher; and, after a very careful study of it, we are enabled to say that the work is admirably constructed for the purpose.” George M. Minchin.