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BOOKS RacErvEn.—Dod's Peerage. (Whittaker.)—Pictures of the Childhood of Jesus. (T.

Nelson and Sons.)—The Insurance Year-Book, 1890. (Simpldn.)—Farming World Year-Book, 1890. (W. Blackwood and Sons.)—The Scottish Church and University Almanac, 1890. (Macniven. and Wallace.)—The Service Almanack, 1890. (Harrison and Sons.)