BOOK REVIEWS 623 aqueous media is written by Alfred R. Pray. The references include some ma- terial as late as 1955, but a great many references after 1950 are in- cluded. Considering space limitations im- posed by the style and layout of this series of eleven volumes on a sub- ject revived in the last few years, the present work seems to cover the fields designated. The work is con- sistent with the quality of its prede- cessors. No errors were noted.-- M. G. •)ENAVARRE. TOLERANCE ET INTOLERANCE AUX PRODUITS COSMETIQUES, by Edwin $idi, M.D. Masson et Cie, 120 Boulevard St., Ocrmain, Paris 6, France. 1955. 114 pages, size 61/4 X 91/2 inches, thirteen plates. Price 950 francs (approx. $2.75). The author is well known in der- matological circles in Europe and contributed a chapter on a related subject to Cerebeland's Volume IV recently. The present volume is written in collaboration with Mme. Dr. J. Bourgeois-Spinasse. Some of the present work has been published in various articles. Its arrangement and the "fill-in" are new. The volume is essentially de- voted to so-called cosmetic derma- titis, and is divided into four parts. The first part is an introduction to the general subject. The second part deals with "accidents" resulting from the use of cosmetic products. The third part covers the dermarl- tin following the use of cosmetics and the final part discusses diverse problems. While the material essentially in- cludes nothing but cosmetics, some references are made to the "sulfa" drugs and penicillin. Twenty ma- jor cosmetic types, such as depilator- ies, lipstick, hair dyes and perma- nent waving solutions are included in the second part of the book. An interesting sidelight is that in the bibliography there are 91 European references and 47 U.S. references, countering European scientists' claims that they quote all the litera- ture of the world, whereas the Yan- kee quotes largely U.S. material. A definite drawback is the ab- sence of an index. Anumber of im- portant publications by others or related subjects are not given. Thus some of Schwartz and Peck's work on "para" dyes is not given. Warshaw's reports on lanolin and polyol sensitization are absent. Weber's .early listing of cosmetic irritants •s not mentioned. Other work not mentioned is that pub- lished by Shelanski, Hazleton, White, Moynahan, Traub and Birmingham, to name a few. In spite of this, the book is well done and brings under one cover a growing subject. It is not equal to Schwartz and Peck's "Cosmetic Dermatitis," in this reviewer's opin- ion. Perhaps a later revision will be more inclusive.--M. G. NAVARRE. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, Volumes I and II, edited by C. R. N. Strouts, J. H. Gilfillan and H. N. Wilson. Oxford University Press, New York 11, N.Y. 1955. 1067 pages (Vol- ume I: 494 pages Volume II: 573 pages), size 6 X 9 inches, illus- trated and indexed. Price $16.80. The present volumes are the re- suit of twenty-seven years of testing, comparing evaluating and stand- ardizing analytical and control methods within Imperial Chemical Industries. The methods are re- puted to be accurate and reliable. To enumerate the various chap- ters would be to use unnecessary and excessive space for this review. SufFice it to say that most common

624 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS and many unusual methods are de- scribed. Some subjects are discussed in greater detail than others. Cer- tain portions could be less theoreti- cal, such as those on chromatog- raphy and electrophoresis, for ex- ample. This is not a book of analytical methods as first seems apparent but a presentation of basic principles, too often overlooked in the usual analytical books, yet so needed for new people doing a particular type of testing. It is an excellent analytical refer- ence and will find considerable use in laboratories.--M. G. t•NAvARR•. FATS, OILS, DETERGENTS, YEAR- }•oor,. 1955. Editor B. F. Dauberr, Editorial Advisor H. E. Lon, gen- ecker, Interscience Publishers, tnc., New York, N. Y. 1956. 1144 pages, size 61/2X 93/4 inches, illus- trated and indexed. Price $45. This volume is the outgrowth of a loose-leaf abstract service that cov- ers the most important domestic and foreign papers devoted to the sci- ence of oils, fats and detergents. While the abstract service is now in its thirteenth year, this is only the second time a yearbook has been offered. Obviously, many librari- ans will prefer the bound abstracts to loose-leaf material that is issued monthly. The abstracts are quite thorough, sometimes continuing over several pages with the essential facts and figures, experimental data and re- sults, test methods, descriptions of apparatus and processes usually being included. Individual animal, vegetable and mineral oils and fats are extensively covered and particu- lar attention has evidently been paid to fat products. In many cases the reader will not find it even neces- sary to consult the original articles, thanks to the exhaustive abstract work. For example, on page 1103 there is an abstract of an article on oxidation of drying oils which in- cludes four pages of graphs showing . infrared spectra of oil films at var- ious autoxidation stages. The indexing of authors and sub- ject matter is good, though the sub- ject matter index could be improved by more extensive cross references. Thus, an article on "Scouring Agents in the Textile Industry" which is only indexed under Deter- gents, logically ought to be listed under the now nonexistent head- ings of Scouring Agents and Textile Chemicals or Uses. The abstract of the article "Analysis of the Wax Alcohols of Human i-I•i•- Fats" is apparently indexed only under the heading Human Hair Oil. Part of this difficulty is evidently due to the code number system designed for regular sub- scribers to the monthly loose-leaf abstract service. The code num- bers appearing in the upper right hand corner of each abstract page are of no value to users of the Year- book, but they help the loose-leaf subscribers to file all material on a given subject together, regardless of page number or time of publication. The chronological demands of a Yearbook, and its permanent bind- ing, prevent this type of filing and would seem to justify more exten- sive use of cross references in the index. Foreign title of articles have not been changed, but the reader does not need to be able to translate since everything else is in English. A typical abstract lists the general subject, the authors and their loca- tion, the publication reference, title and purpose of the article, experi- mental details and results, with im- portant graphs, figures and tables. The result is that this Yearbook