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Whitaker's Almanac, 1908. (12 Warwick Lane. 2s. 6d.)— Whit aker

continues to adapt itself to new needs and make use of new devices tending to compactness and serviceableness. There are as usual, in addition to the information about times, seasons, persons, Kings, &o., some special articles of great value. We commend to our readers the paper, compressed within the narrow limits of two pages, on " The Cost of Old-Age Pensions," by Mr. Herbert E. Bassett. —With this may be mentioned from the same publishers Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage (3s. 6d. net), a very handy volume, with all the information wanted for ordinary purposes.