17 SEPTEMBER 1892, Page 25

Locke's Annual Register of Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Vol. I.,

"Births and Marriages." (Dickens and Evans.)—This is, we think, a new venture. "The births and marriages advertised through- out the United Kingdom" are given under dates (not of the advertisement, but of the occurrence). The births occupy 335 pages, while the alphabetical index, giving name of the father, fills 95 more. The marriages take up more than 500. These are followed by two indexes, the bridegroom's name ap- pearing first in one, the bride's first in the other. It may be noted that in Easter week there were 532, against 327 in the week before. But there are other feelings stronger than the eccle- siastical in this matter. April 1st, though falling in Easter week in 1891, shows fewer marriages than any day in the period.