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Philip's Handy - Volume Atlas (George Philip and Son) is a very

useful publication, and of shape and size that quite justify its name. The "Australasia," for instance, contains sixteen plates, measuring about bin. by 5 in., clearly printed. Each plate is accompanied by a page of statistical information. The book, bound in cloth, weighs about four ounces. Another is ``British America."