328 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS CHEMICAL FORMULARY, Volume VIII, H. Bennett, Editor-in-Chief, 448 pages, indexed. Chemical Publishing Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. 1948. Price $7.00. The Editor-in-Chief has gathered a host of reputable editors to con- tribute to the eighth volume of the well-known series, The Chemical Formulary. Readers should not get the im- pression that each successive volume replaces a previous one. Indeed not, each volume supplements the ear- lier issues and brings the subject matter up-to-date. One does not recognize a con- tributing authority on cosmetics, although a number of good men on soaps and detergents are listed with a couple of qualified food and flavor authorities, among others. The text as usual appears in alpha- betical sequence starting with ad- hesives and ending with textiles f•51- lowed by a chapter on miscellane- ous products. Better proofreading would pre- vent the appearance of glycerol on ß one part of a page and glycerin on the other (p. 44). There is a lack of consistency in formulas 1 and 2 on page 51 on page 59 sulfonated lauryl alcohol is mentioned but it should be the sulfated derivative. In formula 10 on page 76, of is used in place of or. . The material in the cosmetic sec- tion covers the patents to some ex- tent and the general cosmetic liter- ature. section of the seriel..hasmanhim.librariesbehooves invariably been weak. This It the editor-in-chief to get a good or two to edit this section for Naturally, all progressive and cosmetic chemists will want this I fund of knowledge added to the pre- vious editions as a useful reference. --M. G. DEN.

INDEX TO VOLUME III Antimetabolites, The: A Book Review, 256 Book Reviews, 78, 155, 325 British Society of Cosmetic Chemists, 76, 152, 321 Carrageenates, Carrageenin and, by V. C. LeGloahec, 284 Carrageenin and Carrageenates, by V. C. LeGloahec, 284 Chicago Section News, 77, 151,323 Chlorophyll and Its Derivatives, with Par- ticular Reference to, Evaluation of in-vitro and in-vivo Methods of Testing Deodo- rants, by John A. Killian, 30 Chlorophyll in Dentifrices, Deodorizing Properties of, A Study of the, by Louis C. Barail, 1 Cosmetics and Dermatitis, by E. J. Moynahan, 203 Cutaneous Syndromes Due to Various Cosmetics, by Cleveland J. White, 212 Dandruff, The Etiology of Infectious, by George F. Reddish, 90 deNavarre, Maison G., The Cosmetic Chem- ist, by Emil G. Klarmann, 135 deNavarre, Maison G., The Man, by Harland J. Wright, 141 Dentifrices, A Study of the Deodorizing Properties of Chlorophyll in, by Louis C. Barail, 1 Deodorants, with Particular Reference to Chlorophyll and Its Derivatives, in- vitro and in-vivo Methods of Testing, by John A. Killian, 30 Deodorizing Properties of Chlorophyll in Dentifrices, A Study of the, by Louis C. Barail, 1 Dermatitis, Cosmetics and, by E. J. Moyna- han, 203 Desiderata, by Maison G. deNavarre, 147 Disulphides and Mercaptans in Hair Chem- istry, the Role of, by J. L. Stoves, 170 Etiology of Infectious Dandruff, The, by George F. Reddish, 90 Evaluating Sensory Reactions in Numbers Instead of in Adjectives, by J. M. Juran, 278 Experimental Loss of Hair, by Peter Flesch, 84 Foam Formation and Foam Stability, by R. Matalon, 2t6 Foam Stability, Foam Formation and, by R. Matalon, 216 Germicidal Soaps and Cosmetics, by C. A. Lawrence, 123 Hair, Experimental Loss of, by Peter Flesch, 84 Hair Preparations, Stability Testing of, by G. S. Kass, 181 Hair Soils and Detergency, A Photomicro- graphic Technique for Studying, by J. C. Ervin, 81 Hair, A Study of the Swelling of, in Mixed Aqueous Solvents, by E. I. Valko and Gabriel Barnett, 108 Historical Note, An: Up to Now, by Ed- ward Sagarin, 310 Hygroscopic Agents and Their Use in Cos- metics, by W. C. Griffin, R. W. Behrens, and S. T. Cross, 5 Infra-red Spectroscopy and Its Application to Cosmetic Chemistry, by R. B. Bernstein, 265 In-vitro and in-vivo Methods of Testing Deodorants with Particular Reference to Chlorophyll and Its Derivatives, by John A. Killian, 30 Is Your Product Effective?, by S. D. Ger- shon, 272 Keratin Fibers, Recent Developments in the Structure of, by Richard Steele, 99 Loss of Hair, Experimental, by Peter Flesch, 84 Mercaptans in Hair Chemistry, The Role of Disulphides and, by J. L. Stoves, 170 Methods of Testing Deodorants with Par- ticular Reference to Chlorophyll and Its Derivatives, in-vitro and in-vivo, by John A. Killian, 30 Non-Floral Perfumes, by E. S. Maurer, 188 Nonionics, Polyoxyalkylene, for Cosmetics, New, by Carl Pacifico, M. G. Kramer, and R. M. Abbott, 303 Perborate, On the Toxicity of Sodium, by Michael G. Mulinos, George K. Higgins, and George J. Christakis, 297 Perfumes, Non-Floral, by E. S. Maurer, 188 Photomicrographic Technique for Studying Hair Soils and Detergency, A, by J. C. Ervin, 81 Polyethylene as a Packaging Material, by Robert H. Marriott, 163 329