14 JANUARY 1888, Page 23

We have received the second part of the sixth volume

of the Bricyclopmdic Dicti-mary. (Cassell and Co.)—This work, it will be remembered, is a work of reference giving "a fall account of the origin, meaning, pronunciation, and use" of all the words in the English language. Illustrations are a useful feature in it. The present instalment inclades from " Shipping " to " Tartuffism " (a word, by-the-way, for which no authority is quoted). We presume that another volume will about bring the undertaking to a conclusion.