BOOK REVIEWS 131 The material appears to be thor- oughly revised and brought up to date. There is a generous use of trade names, so helpful under the present marketing conditions. Longl. ey and Hansen's chapter on surfactants fails to recognize orig- inal workers in the fields they cover. There is an inconsistency in type used for the heading of the dif- ferent groups of cationic finishes on page 399. The various chapters seem quite adequate. Coverage .of respective material gives every impression of thoroughness. Some chapters, as always, seem better than others, in an effort to which a number con- tributed. A valuable tool for those in the textile and related industries, as well as for cosmetic chemists who have utilized so many ideas from textile practice to thei• own in- dustry needs.--M. G. rENAVARRE. TEXT-BOOK OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY, Sixth Edition, by J. E. Driver. Oxford University Press, New York 11, N.Y. Y51 pages, size 9 X 51/2 inches, illustrated and indexed. Price :/ 17.75. The present revision is brought up to date with the "British Pharmacopoeia" (1953). The vol- ume has gone through six editions in thirty years. The book is divided into three parts, analytical methods, inorganic and orgamc with 20 pages of appendices. It is intended for students of pharmacy studying chemistry. It is not exactly true that stearic acid of commerce is chiefly stearic acid--sometimes it contained more palmitic than stearic acid, and usually contained equal parts of each along with small amounts of oleic acid (page 200). The definition and explanation of saponins could be better. In general, the book is adequate for teaching pharmaceutical chem- istry.--M. G. rENAVARRE. THE NEW URGUES•' BASES AND LOT:•ONS, by I. K. Hoffman. Chem- ical Publishing Co., Inc., New York 10, N.Y. 1957. 152 pages, size 88/4 X 5 inches, indexed. Price $4.75. This is a mediocre formulary of numerous water-in-oil and oil-in- water liquid and solid emulsions along with some anhydrous oint- ment bases. The classification of surface-ac- tive agents is confused. Certainly, triethanolamine soaps are not non- ionic as indicated. It is doubtful if acacia is nonionic. Sodium borate is hardly cationic. The definitions anionic and cationic are incomplete. The example of sodium sulfethyl oleate is poor and not typical. The amount of preservative used is too little throughout the book for adequate protection, by almost tenfold. Had the author paid more atten- tion to emulsifiers other than sodium lauryl sulfate and self-emulsifying glyceryl monostearate, the book may have been more useful, for sodium lauryl sulfate tends to be irritating to some skins. In the bibliography, the "Phar- macopoeia Danica" is misspelled. What does the author mean by "Dansk Farmaceutforening (1946) ?" This is the name of a Danish union of chemists. There is too much attention given to product names that look like a listing of trade-named prod- ucts, and too little attention to diversifying the formulations.--M. G. DENAVARRE. SOI, VENTS, Seventh Edition, by

132 JOURNAI, OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Thomas H. Durrans. D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., Princeton, N.J. 1957. 244 pages, size 88/4 X 51/• inches, illustrated. Price $8.00. The well-known and widely used previous editions are further ex- panded and brought up to date. The usefulness of this reference is quickly recognized from the fact that the first edition was published in 1930, then, revised seven times up through 1957. An interesting section on toxicity of solvents is completed with a listing of solvents of low, moderate and dangerous toxicity. This is followed by a section, descriptive of the numerous common solvents. Only one butylene glycol is men- tioned. Hexylene glycol of com- merce is not mentioned. The composition of Diluol 3 appears to be misspelled. The appendix gives a list of trade- named solvents with their prob- able composition. Unfortu.nately, the suppliers' names are not given. The main drawback to the present edition as with the earlier ones, is that the solvents and plasticizers listed are principally those used in lacquers. Even so, the book is a compact reference and a valuable inclusion in any cosmetic library.--M. G. DENAVARRE. ORGANIC AN^I•YS•S, Volume III, edited by J. Mitchell, Jr., I. M. Kolthoff, E. S. Proskauer and A. Weissberger. Interscience Publish- ers, Inc., New York 1, N.Y. 554 pages, size 91/4 X 6 inches, illus- trated and indexed. Price $11.50. The third in a series of volumes on organic analysis covers the determinatoin of organic acids, acid anhydrides, ammes, amides and olefinic unsaturation. A chapter brings up to date material on analytical mass spectrometry. Another ch.apter discusses synthetic coating resins. Finally, an index for Volumes I-Ill completes the book. Each determination is con- sidered in the light of all known useful techniques.--M. G. ]•AVARRE. THE LIPIDS, THEIR CHEMISTRY ^•rD B•OeHEMtSTRY, Volume III, by Harry J. Deuel, Jr. Inter- science Publishers, Inc., New York 1, N.Y. 1957. 1065 pages, size 61/4 X 91/4 inches, illustrated and indexed. Price $25. This volume completes a gigantic task for which all who are interested in chemistry or biochemistry of the lipids, are everlastingly grateful. Volume III was completed after the author's death by friends and colleagues. It is a memorial to both author and those who com- pleted his task. The present work is concerned mainly with the fate of lipids when consumed by man as sometimes determined on animals. The nutri- tional value and metabolism of vitamins A, D, E, K and the essen- tial fatty acids are included in the discussion. Volume III is a fitting last act to this mammoth work on lipids. This reviewer highly recommends the set fbr all cosmetic libraries.-- M.D. DENAVARRE.