108 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS NEW YORK CHAPTER 1963 PROGRAM SCHEDULE •7anuary 9, 1963 The Potential of Enzymes for Topical Application by Dr. T. Cayle February 6, Z963 Makeup by L. Fishbach March 6, Z963 Transparent Emulsions by L. Osipow /lpril 3,1963 Quantitative Evaluation of Irritating Substances by Dr. L. Kligman October 2, 1963 The Use of the Microscope in Cosmetics by Dr. P. Barrels November 6,1963 The Application of Polyglycerol and Polyglycerol Esters in Cosmetics by Victor Babayan ELECTED OFFICERS OF I.F.S.C.C. President Past President Treasurer Praesidium Committee Prof. J. Artigas (Spain) Dr. L. W. Masch (Germany) J. B. Wilkinson (England) Sabbat Strianse (U.S.A.) Dr. P. Velon (France) E. Thomsen (Denmark)

BOOK REVIEWS POLYOLEFINES, by A. V. Topchiev and B. A. Krentsel, translated by A. D. Norris. Pergamon Press, Inc., New York 22, N.Y. 1962. 92 pages, illustrated. Price $3.50. This little book is a translation from the Russian by a British lecturer in physical chemistry. If nothing more, it is interesting to see how a Russian technical book is put together. There are no references, either to the literature or to patents although this field has literally hundreds of each. One is pleased to learn that a Russian, Gustarson, by name, pro- duced polyethylene in 1884, but it was a liquid of low molecular weight. In a condensation as this is, the material is quite well put together but with a strong reference to Russian technology. Polyethylene of the three types, polypropylene, the chlorinated, and sulfo-chlorinated polyethylenes are all discussed. Interesting is the introduction which mentions poly- mers of branched chain unsaturated hydrocarbons such as isoamylene which gives polymers with melting points as high as 240øC. The book is a useful supplement to Kresser's "Polyethylene."--M. G. DENAVARRE, BEAUTY COUNSELORS• INc. PHYSICAL PHARMACY, by A. N. Martin. Lea and Febiger, Phila- delphia, Pa. 692 pages, illustrated and indexed. Price $15. The author aims his book at pharmacy students following the new five-year program in pharmacy. However, the present edition does not require a knowledge of physical chemistry or of mathematics beyond the beginning college courses, ac- cording to the author. Twenty-tw.o chapters, starting with a review of mathematical principles through thermodynamics, comprise the book. The mathemati- cal approach to chemistry, partic- ularly slanted to pharmacy, is the dominating method of presentation. Rheology, colloid and interfacial phenomena are given considerable attention. Thirty-three pages are devoted to thermodynamics, suf- ficient for the student to get to know the fundamentals and some applications. This is an excellent review book for chemists who do not get too much opportunity to work with higher sciences relating to cosmetic practices and who want to con- tinue to be "brushed up" on the sub- ject.--M. G. DENAVARRE, BEAUTY COUSSELORS, INc. SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF SURFACE ACTIVE AOENTS, by M. Rosen and H. Goldsmith. Interscience Pub- lishers, Inc., New York 1, N.Y. 422 pages, illustrated and indexed. Price $13.50. The present work is Volume XII in the series of "Chemical Analysis" which hopes to fill the need for a comprehensive treatise on the analy- sis of surface-active agents, based on a classification of the title compounds worked out by the authors. The authors do succeed in their purpose in five chapters and almost forty pages of an appendix. The latter consists of three tables classi- 109