9.46 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS gether, are arranged alphabetically, as they were in the original work. The new chapters cover aerosols, antiperspirants and deodorants, de- pilatories, and also include a men's toiletdes chapter, which is the new title for the earlier work on shaving preparations. Chapters on smelling salts and theatrical requisites were dropped. Author Howard states in his pref- ace that the outstanding feature of Poucher's work is readability with the subiect matter stripped of pseudoscience or advanced technol- ogy. This was certainly hue of Poucher, even if it meant being out- dated. Howard's aim is to continue the pattern of his predecessor... but updated. When Poucher was written origi- nally, cosmetic practice was not a science. It is today, however. To avoid the deeper discussions of the science behind cosmetics takes a bit of doing. Author Howard has quite successfully emulated Pouther. British spelling and terminology stamp the origin of the work. There are a few misspelled words, at least one printer's error. The references are few and mainly dated. They ap- pear in the text proper. One must fault the manufacturing editor for style, lack of headings, and split formulas. The type is readable. Howard's writing is amazingly faithful to the Poucher style, even to the continued use of some now sus- pect materials in the amounts found in formulations. This particularly re- fers to boraz, bithional, phthalates, and the parabens used along with ethoxylates. Cautions in the use of some finished products, which may yet not be mandatory in England, but are increasingly becoming im- portant in other countries, are not in- cluded. One questions the mention of gums karya, tragacanth, and zinc oxide in depilatories. The aerosol chapter is condensed, possibly a bit too much. The chapter on hair dyes is weak. The bromo acid solution (described on page 204) is unique. Being a sole author of a book en- ables one to have complete control at all times. However in today's eli- mate, few of us, no matter how long our tenure in the cosmetic industry, can cover all fronts. So while this revision is certainly better than the original work, it does suffer from this deficiency.-M. G. DENAvARRE--Van- da Beauty Products.