ywhere Mr. Charles R. Gibson makes admirable use of simple
analogies which bespeak the practised lecturer, and bring the
matter home without technical detail. The attention is further
sustained by a series of surprises. The description of electric
units, the volt, the ohm, and especially the ampere, is better than
we have found in more pretentious works."--_Academy._

"Mr. Gibson's style is very unlike the ordinary text-book. It is
fresh, and is non-technical. Its facts are strictly scientific,
however, and thoroughly up to date. If we wish to gain a thorough
knowledge of electricity pleasantly and without too much trouble on
our own part, we will read Mr. Gibson's 'Romance.'"--_Expository
Times._

"A book which the merest tyro totally unacquainted with elementary
electrical principles can understand, and should therefore
especially appeal to the lay reader. Especial interest attaches to
the chapter on wireless telegraphy, a subject which is apt to
'floor' the uninitiated. The author reduces the subject to its
simplest aspect, and describes the fundamental principles
underlying the action of the coherer in language so simple that
anyone can grasp them."--_Electricity._

"Contains a clear and concise account of the various forms in which
electricity is used at the present day, and the working of the
telephone, wireless telegraphy, tramcars, and dynamos is explained
with the greatest possible lucidity, while the marvels of the
X-rays and of radium receive their due notice. Now that electricity
plays such an all-important part in our daily life, such a book as
this should be in the hands of every boy. Indeed, older people
would learn much from its pages. For instance, how few people could
explain the principles of wireless telegraphy in a few words if
suddenly questioned on the subject. The book is well and
appropriately illustrated."--_Graphic._

"Mr. Gibson sets out to describe in non-technical language the
marvellous discoveries and adaptation of this pervasive and
powerful essence, and being a most thorough master of the subject,
he leads the reader through its mazes with a sure hand. Throughout
he preserves a clear and authoritative style of exposition which
will be understood by any intelligent reader."--_Yorkshire
Observer._