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BOOK REVIEWS OBERFLACHENAKTIVE ANLAGER- UNGSPRODUKTE DES ATHYLENOXYDS, by N. Schonfeldt. Wissenschaft- ]iche Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H., Stuttgart. 1959. 452 pages, illus- trated. Price DM 68. Ethylene oxide came into promi- nence as an industrial material with the commercial development of the glycols. Later the polyglycols came into being. Eventually it was found that ethylene oxide reacted readily with polar groups, and a whole new series of surfactants came into being. These ethylene oxide adducts were manufactured in Germany prior to the war and made their apDearance in the U.S. A. during the late war. This book consists of six chapters discussing the chemistry of ethylene oxide, preparation of the adducts, description of the products so formed, then the pharmacology and dermatology of these materials, uses for the new compounds, sulfonation of ethoxylates and ends with the analysis of ethoxylated compounds. There is a comprehensive list of commercially offered ethoxylated surfactants and an excellent Datent section. This section would benefit from the addition of patent dates and complete names of inventors. There has been a need for such a book. It will find much use but unfortunately it is published in German. Finally, the price of the book seems a little high even by our standards. The cosmetic and pharmaceutical "application" section is very thin, although it is covered in a broad way throughout the text. The author is to be complimented on his classification of ethoxylated surfactants, but it would be more handy if this appeared with the listing of trade names. It is a good reference. Ifethoxy- lated compounds interest your com- pany, this is the book for you.-- M. G. DENAVARRE COSMETIC SCIENCE, bv A. W. Mid- dleton, Ph.D., F.R.I.C. Butter- worths Scientific Publications. Lon- don. 1959. 327 pages, indexed. Price :/ 12. Cosmetic Science edited by A. W. Middleton is a collection of papers presented at the International Con- gress of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists held in London, in April, 1959. In the reviewer's opinion the title of the book is unfortunate be- cause it may lead a buyer to expect a reasonably coherent presentation of scientific principles as they ap. ply to cesmetics. The inapproprmte title, however, should not deter cosmetic chemists from reading this interesting and stimulating collec- tion of papers. Sixteen papers are presented un- der four general headings: (1) Analysis of Raw Materials, (2) Assessment of Finished Products, (3) Manufacturing or Processing, (4) Biological Assessment. One third of the book reports the questions and answers on each paper and the reviewer was amazed at the quality' of both questions and answers, and found them in some instances much more interesting 508