WORKS OF REFERENCE.—The Year's Art, edited by Mr. A. C.
R. Carter (Hutchinson, 8s. 6d. net), appears for the forty- third year in succession. It has been carefully revised, as usual, and may be commended as both interesting and trustworthy. Among the nine illustrations are photographs of the " Adam and Eve" by Bartholomb and of the wonderful suit of armour, attributed to Jacob, which fetched £25,000 at the Pembroke sale. Mr. Carter, in his review of the past year, has a good deal to say about the " Blue Boy " and the " Tragic Muse," for which Sir Joseph Duveen paid the Duke of Westminster £200,000. Mr. Carter rightly notes that the great American collectors who arc skimming the cream of our private libraries and galleries are, more often than not, buying for the American public. He mentions some of the latest gifts made by wealthy Americans to State or municipal institutions.—The Stock Exchange Official Intelligence, 1922 (Spottiswoode, Ballantyne, for the Stock Exchange ; • £4 net), though bulkier than ever, has been revised with abundant care. The case of the City Equitable Associated, for example, is duly noted, though the winding-up order was not made till the last day of February. The intro- ductory chapters on Municipal, Indian, Colonial, and British and Foreign Finance contain elaborate and well-arranged statistics which may be consulted with profit. The great volume is well printed and admirably indexed.—The Bu, t Book (Business Telephone Directories, Limited, 3s.) has reached its fifth issue. This classified list of telephone subscribers, according to their occupations--including hotels, clubs, theatres and newspapers—has proved distinctly useful to those who have taken the trouble to study the method of arrangement. Further subdivision of some of the large classes and more cross- references would improve a handy book.
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