Hi Herb,
As by looking at the TOC, the very core part of
Java like Abstract classes, Interfaces, OOPS concepts, bits-and-pieces of JVM and the way they deal are NOT covered.
Good to see that you have covered enough of
Applets,Swings,
Servlets as well and a bit of Web (HTTP Connection).
This book seems to be for intermediate-to-experienced level programmers. So this is not a Single book for covering most of the required aspects. Only after going through any of the 2 books "The Java Complete Reference" and "Java The Beginner's Guide", the novice users can go ahead with this particular book?