Excerpt from A Laboratory Outline of Organic ChemistryThe majority of laboratory outlines of organic chemistry, although for the most part excellent, are designed primarily for the mature student in chemistry who is able to read and to digest the original articles cited for reference, and for those who are concerned more especially with varied manipulation and method rather than with a systematic survey of the salient facts and relations underlying the science. On the other hand, the few briefer and simpler outlines extant can hardly be regarded as adequate to give the kind of preparatory training which is now being sought in many quarters.It would seem, therefore, that there is a place for a text-book which shall approach the subject matter of organic chemistry in much the same thorough but elementary fashion that we are wont to employ in laboratory manuals of inorganic chemistry. In other words, there is need of a course in general organic chemistry. It is hoped that this book may occupy a position and supply a demand of this character.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.