CURRENT LITERATURE.
Chemistry and Heat, Laws and Definitions. By R. G. Durant. (Rivingtons )—It is not with unmixed feelings of delight that we record another contribution to the already unwieldy number of small chemistry primers which profess to give in a convenient and con- centrated form all that the student may require for his elementary course, and above all things—for this is their chief object—that may enable him to pus an examination. This class of book may have this last use, but leaves little permanent impression, and for real instruction may be compared to a dictionary of dates, which gives historical facts, but in such a form that none could possibly learn history from it. A student should begin with something a little more diluted, and there- fore more likely to be assimilated. We cannot blame the author, but we most protest against the erroneous idea that he is in any way supplying a want.
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