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The Times Atlas (Times Office) shows a considerable advance. The

pages of maps have been increased in number from 117 to 132, and the maps to 196, while the names indexed have been augmented by a fifth,'-.-i.e., from 125,000 to 150,000. Among the additions are geological maps of England, Scotland, and Ireland, various in aps on Australia, &c. There is yet room for improvement, the great European countries, for instance, hardly having sufficient space allotted to them, but something has been done. Taken as a whole, however, the Atlas is excellent, and forms an invaluable work of reference.