It cannot be doubted that there will be differences of opinion as to the
merits of this Index, nor hoped that users of it will have no adverse
criticisms to offer, but the methods adopted in it are believed to be
those which in the main will prove to be the most convenient and time-
saving. The Index includes both subjects and authors. Under the names
of the latter all contributions they have made to the CHEMICAL NEWS
are enumerated, as well as any personal notes and reviews of their
publications, or abstracts of their papers, which may have appeared in
its pages.
When an author has published work in collaboration with
another, as well as in his own name only, it is given under separate
headings. Again, a large subject such as "Acid" is sub-divided as far
as possible. The individual acids are given separately, as well as the word
used in its general sense, while "Acids" also constitutes another heading.
"Alcohol" and "Alcohols," "Water" and " Waters," and metals and
their salts are similarly treated. A complete list of Book Reviews and
Notices is given under "Book" and every notice also appears under the
name of the author of the Book. In indexing articles and papers the
spelling and nomenclature originally used by the authors are exactly
followed; hence, "sumac and "sumach" will be found, and "radicle "
and "radical." Where cross references have been thought to be necessary
they have been inserted, and every effort has been made to enable
readers of the CHEMICAL NEWS to look up quickly and easily any
subjects which have appeared in its pages, however fragmentary and
incomplete their knowledge or recollections of them may be.