Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Elementary Studies in Chemistry
Chemistry has had a varied history in its comparatively short career as an educational factor; but it has never yet' commanded universal respect, nor has it, I think, ever been authoritatively recognized as equal in educational value to Greek, Latin, and mathematics - the standards by which, whether we like it or not, all educational subjects have been measured in the past and will be measured for some time to come.
The beneficial effects of chemistry as an element of variety, or as a sort of counter-irritant, have always been recognized; but this is not the same thing as according it educational value. When all is said and done, teachers and students alike recognize the fact that a year's work in chemistry as given in the average secondary school stands for a decidedly smaller outlay of energy than a year of Greek, Latin, or mathematics, and the feeling is a perfectly natural and logical one that the results measured in terms of mental discipline vary in about the same ratio.
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