642 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS for one volume. He has provided a most readable book, reasonably priced, that should whet the appetite of the intelligent undergraduate' or GRIC student- but these will have to read a great deal further and need many supplementary lectures to clothe the skeleton supplied. Judged on his stated aims and against modern textbooks now available, it must be concluded-regrettably- that he has not succeeded. G.F. PHILLIPS. INDEX TO REVIEWS, SYMPOSIA VOLUMES AND MONO- GRAPHS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1961-1962. Editors: N. Kharasch and W. Wolf. Pp. ix q- 260. (1964). Pergamon Press, Oxford. 70s. This volume is the second in a series which should prove extremely useful to all who have to delve into the literature of organic chemistry. It lists titles of review articles published in English, French, German and English translations of Russian literature full references to all articles are given. The first volume covered the period 1940-1960 and contained about 7,000 titles the present volume covers the period 1961-1962 and lists about 2,500 titles. The survey includes articles from a very wide selection of journals, periodicals, review publications, monographs-from the small to the multi-volume works, symposia and collective volumes. A very liberal interpretation has been taken of the subject matter "organic chemistry" and the scope of the coverage can be gathered from a short list of subjects noted which are of particular interest to cosmetics and perfumery chemists: Autoxida- tion and antioxidants, antifungal agents, allergy, enzymology, thin-layer and other forms of chromatography, fatty acids, essential oils, surface-active agents, detergents and detergency, terpene chemistry, colouring matters, microscopy, lipid chemistry, soap, gums, design and construction of laboratories. A supplementary list of journals, etc., which are "potentially useful sources of information" is appended and this includes our own Journal. A useful addition to this list might have been its contemporary Proceedings of the Scientific Section, Toilet Goods Association. The volume concludes with comprehensive indexes to subjects and authors and a list of publishers and their addresses. This volume is very well produced obviously great care has been exercised in its preparation and it should prove an invaluable addition to any chemical library. R.P. REEVES. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. International edition in English. Monthly. Annual subscription: $32 ----- •11.10.0 ---- DM 116. Academic Press, Inc., London and New York, Verlag Chemic GmbH Weinheim/ Bergstr. For 77 years Angewandte Chemic has been publishing first class review articles and topical surveys from all fields of chemistry although emphasis is on practical organic chemistry, the other divisions - and even theoretical aspects - receive atten- tion. The journal is notable for the rapid publication of short communications, which for many research workers may be the first indication of progress in their particular field. Important scientific conferences, not only in Europe but also the

BOOK REVIEWS 643 larger meetings elsewhere in the world, are reported and useful abstracts are culled from current issues of the principal chemical journals. The book reviews are usually well written and interesting, although they naturally tend to be concerned primarily with texts of German origin. Since January 1965 the International Edition of Angewandte Chemic has repre- sented a complete translation of the German edition hitherto approximately three quarters of each issue were translated - which sometimes posed an invidious selection for the editors. Confusion sometimes arose where reference was made in the literature to only one of the two editions and many libraries only carried the English language version. In the first three years, the "growth rate" achieved a steady 10•o. The interest shown by applied chemists throughout the English speaking world then led the publishers to make the International Edition a cover-to-cover translation of the German original - with a concomitant 35 •o increase in size. All review articles, short communications, conference reports, abstracts and book reviews appearing in the two German issues each month, are now translated and combined in a single issue published at the end of the same month. The first review in the International Edition, appearing in January 1962, dealt with non-enzymatic synthesis in vitro of polysaccharide and nutleto acids and included some interesting biopoietic speculation. A very high standard has been consistently maintained for instance, earlier volumes this year have reviewed in detail the corre- lation of mass spectra, the configuration and sequence observed in polymers, strained ring compounds and two aspects of illumination mechanisms. The conference reports are remarkably informative and yet concise - not normally considered to be a Teutonic attribute! Thus the January number described congresses of biochemistry, photo- chemistry, gas chromatography, organic sulphur compounds, coordination com- pounds, peptides, lignin and minerals it may be significant that all but the last are essentially organic chemical topics. For the presentation of high calibre reviews and reports alone, this journal is warmly to be commended that the publishers are able now to offer a cover-to-cover full translation for the original price constitutes a remarkable bargain. G. F. PHILLIPS. HOW TO FIND OUT IN CHEMISTRY. ½. R. Burman. Pp. vii + 220. (1965). Pergamon Press, Oxford. 17/6. This is a new volume in the Technical Information series of the Commonwealth and International Library. It is intended to provide a career guide for personnel officers, an indication of literature sources for the student and to remind research workers of standard texts within and beyond their discipline. The first get brief but comprehensive guidance, the second more thorough direction whilst the third may find use for this book. The key to the customer most likely to find profit lies in a passing reference in the preface to "students of librarianship" - in fact the whole book reads like a part of their course. This opinion is supported by the bibliological questions appended to each chapter. It is not surprising therefore to find that the book is compiled by the Liverpool Technical Documentation Officer and Librarian. The style is necessarily highly compressed and factual but the author's smooth prose renders it readily readable. A few points of criticism must be made. Inclusion in a Commonwealth series