London : Bnillibrc, Tiiidnll niid Cos, 1030. 12s. Gtl. h i nltcrnntirc title for this book would bc " Tlic Intelligent Dycr's Guidc." It docs not. prctcnd to be n testbook for nil clcnicntnry study of dycing ; tlicrc arc no prcliniiiinry chnptcrs on the tcstilc fibres or wntcr supply nnd no dcscript,ions of iiincliincs, but cvery pngc is full of Inatter of vnluc to the crnftsninn dyer wllo ~visl~cs to know whnt dyestuffs to ficlcct for n particular ninterinl trud csnctly 1 1 0 ~~ to npply tlicin.
After n very hicf gcncrnl survey of iiiodcrii dyeing practice, cncli group of dyestuffs, basic, ncid, direct, ctc., is clenlt with in turn iintl the nictliod of appliciitioii to fibres of ninjor niid ininor iinportniicc so dcscril)ctl tlint the rerisons for each opcrntion rind vurintion arc madc clcnr. If i t secnis thnt n soinc\-liitt disproportionate spncc is nllottcrl to tlic speciiil problcnis of rnyon dycing, this is fully csplnincd by the senior author's sl~ccinl knowledge of this subject and ofl'crs the great iitI-iliitngc that tlic results of liis cspcriencc i i n d rcscnrcli nro inudc nccessible in Iiook forni.
A short chapter dcnls witli Auxiliary Products for Textiles nnd n section is nlso devoted to tlint Cintlcrclla of thc iiidustry, gnnnent dyeing. No olio cnn contcst thc statement that " gnrinciit ilycrs are unique in the variety of fnbrics which tlicy liiiiitllc, inriking n coniplctc knoivledgc of nll classes of dyestun's, couplcd with it witlc knowledgc of fabrics, essential to s~~cccss."
The results of recent, rescnrcli, s.Y., on the dycing of wool siibstitutcs niid of wool " fndcd " by cxposiirc, find inclusion in this most uscful volume.