clear. The authors discuss the methods of testing and modes of action clearly. The presentation of dinretic sctivit,ies in s. uniform manner in the otherwise well organized tahles is apparently not possihle due t o diffwences in test mebhods. The most extensive discussion in thin good review is of purine romponnda. T h e authors' statement, "In gathering the data for this review, we have been unable t o detect any general rules describing the relation of diuretic activity to chemical structure," is refreshingly flank. Chapter IV, by A. Stempel and J. A. Aeschlimann, treats Synthetic Analogs of Physostigmine. I t is stated (p. 240) that the "nerve gases" are not considered t o he stmetnral analogs of physostigmine but there is no definition of what is. .4n interesting introduction gives t,he hackground of the work. Screening procedures w e well covered hut a tabular presentation of the numerous methods would have been helpful. Such a table would have helped in the presentation of the relativ? specificities of the compounds discussed. The authors in general report cited r c sults without judging them for thr reader (see the discussion of Ro 2-1250). The tables are apparently organized by reference with the desirable conseqoenre that results within a tahle are comparable hut the reader most be prepared to find a compound appearing in more then one table (compare Tables 10 and 13). Several stylea of designation of compounds within a tahle are used including laboratory serial numbers. This lack of nniformity secms undesirable. The tahles are not well titled as Table 7 gives subcutaneous tosicities but does not mention animal species and Table 11 is headed, in full, "Ortho Analogs." The index of the volume is adequate in view of the extensive tabulat,ion. T h e value of such reviewa would be enhanced by having a. clearer definition of the r* viewed matter and by thpir more prompt pnhlicat,ion. JACKSOX P. ENGLISH DIVI.ION, Ahlr.~l~*" CT*N*MID COMPANY PEARLR I Y I R . NEW YORK RESEARCH
CHEMISTRY OF CARBON COMPOUNDS VOLUME 111. PART B: AROMATIC COMPOUNDS Edited by E. H. Rodd. Elsevier Publishing Co., New York, 1956. nx 982 pp. 3 0 tables. 16 X 2 3 cm. $25.
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VOLUME I I I B of Radd's "Chemistry of Carbon compound^" con~t,itr~tes a continust,ion and completion of the survey of Aromatic Compounds which was undertaken in Volume IIIA in 11454. This series has to date completed its consideration of Aliphatic, Alieyelic, and Aromatic componnds in three volumes (six sepsrabe books), and will be completed with Rlt,urt. volumes on Heteracyrlir compoonda and Miscellaneous topics. (Conlinaerl on payP 42443 JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
Thp twelve chapters which comprise the present.volume have been contributed by n group of t,hirt,ecn Rritish chemists, several of whom are slao ront,rihutors to previo~is volumes. Thesc chapters complete the survey of mononuelem b m ~ e n derivatives e begun in Volume IIIA and continue with considerations of polyphenylrtted aliphaties, biphenyl8 and related compounds, palynneloar condensed aromatic derivntives and monocyclic quasi-aromatic systems, such as tropolonra and metallo-hiscyclopent~adicnyl derivatives. As xith previous volumw in the series the authors' t,ask has hrrn more t,o provide a careful selection of significant material rather th:m an exhmst.ive, undigested survey, and the balance hetween early literature ritat,ions and vwy rewnt ones mems to be about the the same xs in oarlier volumes. The t,ext's annrosrh to its subiect matter lol-
then of examining a number of more i n portant individual members of t h r class under ronsidw.at,ion. The main emphasis of t,he honk rontinues t o be desrviptive rather than thcon:tieal, although onr does find f w q u m t up-t,o-date reforenw to thaoretirnl material. The list of periodicals cited for refwcnee in the present volume includes ahout 180 different primary souraes. The indrx, which conaiats of Rome 135 pxgrs and over 13,000 rnt,ri?s, has hem ranrtrueted with a limited amonnt of rroas ~derencing,restricted t o t,hose mtrirs which handle equally wed alt,ernatp nxmrs. There is no separate author indrx. References, a8 before, aw inrluded pnrrnthebieally in bhe body of thr text rather than as footnotes. The ve1.y limited n t i m h ~ rof entries on the Corrigenda she& furnished for Volumes I I I A and I I I R rontinne t,o attest t o the painst,aking raw which has gone into t,he preparation of this series. The convenienrr and importance fol. the practicing organir chemist of owning the books in Dr. itodd's series becomes illcrenringl? appnrcnt with the advent of each new vvolum~. One can only say that theuniform prxiap which previous voh~mes of the wries w ~ r eaccorded continues to he folly r n r r i t d in t:he present one. WILLIAM A. BONXER. S T I N F O ~Crir~nrrrr ~
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Richord L. Meier, Program of Education and Research in Planning, University of Chicago. Technology Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. New York 1956. xviii 266 pp. 2 8 figs. 22 tables. 15.5 X 23.5 cm. $6.
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