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ABSTRACT THE seventh edition of this famous text-book, first published in 1908, has now appeared. It has been revised and reset. The Cambridge Press mathematical printing is better than

ever, the spacing and general lay-out of the formulae being excellent. A large number of new examples from the Mathematical Tripos have been included. The sections on the elementary

properties of differential coefficients have been revised, following the treatment in de la Vallee-Poussin's “Cours d'Analyse”. Apart from this, the general scheme of the book is

unchanged. The author says that the book was written at a time when analysis was neglected in Cambridge, and that if he were to rewrite it now it would be less like “a missionary talking to

cannibals” and more like the usual “Traité d'Analyse”. No one will regret that he has not made the change. If we all live now on a decent mathematical diet it is due in no small part to

the influence of this book. They say that analysis has passed the peak of its popularity ; but studies of this kind can never be out of date. We believe that our successors will continue to

derive the same inspiration from this book that it has given to us in the past thirty years. A Course of Pure Mathematics Prof. G. H. Hardy By. Seventh edition. Pp. xii+498, (Cambridge: At

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