14 MARCH 1868, Page 21

Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, Baronetage, and Knigkage. — It is dial- cult s if

not impossible, to give the palm to any of the many Peerages which now compete for public favour. One is cheap, another full, one contains some genealogical information, another registers the extinct among the existing peerages. Personally, we always use and prefer these two volumes, which always seem to contain the information one is looking for, which are handy, and contain as much heraldry as is neces- sary. They want only one improvement, a line stating the origin of the family honours ; but we suppose to add this would considerably increase the costliness of the work, which already contains a special feature, the "biographies," as they are called, of the younger sons and daughters of Peers. The biographies of the Knights, and more especially the Indian knights, might be extended with advantage.