Book Reviews HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL TOXICOL- OGY, by E. R. Plunkett. Chemical Publishing Company, Inc., New York, N. Y. 440 pages, indexed. Price $16.50. This book is designed primarily for use by health officers and physicians who may be called upon to administer aid in eases of intoxication. The book is essentially an alpha- betieal listing of commonly used in- dudtrial chemicals which are either toxic or irritating to the human body. Each listing includes synonyms and a description of the chemical, probable occupational exposure and preventive measures, the threshold limiting values as established by the American Conference of Governmental Indus- trial Hygienists, and the prominent symptoms of toxicity. One can find little fault with this arrangement, and a brief volume of this type appears to be a sensible and practical approach. The author stresses insecticides in his selection of chemicals for inclusion in this book. Some toxic compounds are not included in this list, while substances of questionable toxicity and of little commercial use are in- cluded: Tetrachlorosalicylanilide is no longer used in soaps tin oxides 2O5 are erroneously classified as cosmetic ingredients among the missing are all types of detergents, sodium tri- polyphosphate, and the bromates potassium hydroxide, lead salts, mag- nesium sulfate, and Paris Green certainly should be included in a volume on toxicology in preference to "wood." The book is relatively free of typo- graphical errors and contains much to recommend it to those who may depend on it in the performance of their professional or Samaritan func- tions. M. M. RIEGER Warner- Lambert Research Institute. SURVEY OF PROGRESS IN CtlEMISTRY, edited by Arthur F. Scott. Academic Press, New York. 1966. 292 pages, illustrated and indexed. Price $7.95. Volumes I and II of this series were reviewed in 1965 (Vol. 16, pg. 542). This, the third volume, con- tinues the excellent presentations of chemical topics which began in 1963 with Volume I. The five chapters in the latest volume are concerned with photosynthesis, flame chemistry, ki- netic isotope effects, asymmetric re- duction, and stereoregular polymers. It is unlikely that cosmetic chem-