This review, the ninth in a series, covers optical emission spectrometry, flame photometry, and atomic absorption spectrometry for the years 1964 and 1965. In the previous review (280), it was estimated that the 565 references cited represented about one quarter of the publications which appeared in the years 1962 and 1963 within the subject range of these reviews. It appears that a similarly comprehensive coverage for the period of the present review would require approximately 800 references!