The Royal Kalendar and Twice, (W. H. Allen and Co.)
contains in a convenient arrangement the, usual information, political, civil, and ecclesiastical, together with an almanac and other useful matters. We observe the days for "meteoric showers " are given, —a new feature, we think.—We have also received The Catholic Directory, 1891, the "fifty-fourth annual publication" (Burns and Oates).—The Clergy List, edited by H. Hailstone, M.A. (Kelly and Co.), continues to make improvements, and is probably as g ood an approach to a trustworthy guide as can be expected. That there should be still errors, is unavoidable; probably they are due to the neglect of the persons concerned to make the proper corrections.-- I he Advertiser's A B C (T. B. Browne), gives a vast amount of useful information. There are also some pre- liminary pages, which are interesting now and will be valuable hereafter, dealing with various subjects of literary history. "The Press in Parliament," " London Correspondents," and " Light- hearted Literature : a Sketch of the Comic Press," are among the contents. There is a " Journalistic Obituary," containing about eighty names. On the whole, the record shows a fair average of life, greater than would be commonly supposed, for the Press has the reputation of being a fatal profession.
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