BOOKS OF REFERENCE.-Thom's Official Directory, 1914_ (Dublin Thom and Co.
20s. net.)-This compendious work is, in the first instance, a directory of Dublin city and county, with an excellent map. It also contains very full tables of Irish statistics, which render it an indispensable work of reference for those desirous of obtaining accurate and up-to-date information as to the state of the country, At the present juncture of affairs there should be a great demand for such knowledge.-Dad's Parliamentary Companion for 1914. (Whittaker and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)-This invaluable guide to the Houses is now in its eighty-second year ; chronicles the creation of seven new Peers, the extinction of two peerages, and the election of twenty new Members of the. House of COMM0138.-Debretes House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1914. (Dean and Son. 7s. 6d. net.)-Among new points of interest in this well-known work is a list of changes in the personnel of the House, showing that more than ten per cent, of the present Members have been returned at by-elections.-.A List of English Clubs for 1914. By E. C. Austen Leigh. (Spottiswoode and Co. 5s.)-This. testimony to the "clubbable" spirit of the English is wonder- fully extensive, but the traveller still notes omissions-such. as the Suva Club in Fiji, the Calcutta Club, the Wellington Golf Club at Heretaunga, the Ladies' University Club in. New York-The Public Schools Year-Book, 1914. Edited by H. F. W. Deane and W. A. Evans. (Year-Book Press. Is. net.)-This admirable compendium gives adequate details of all schools represented at the Head-Masters' Conference, for which it is the official book of reference.. -The Schoolmasters' Yearbook and Educational Direc- tory, 1914. (Same publishers. 12s. 6d. net.)-This work contains a directory of some fifteen thousand school- masters and University teachers, a list of secondary schools in the United Kingdom, and a vast amount of useful information on educational subjects-The News- paper Press Directory (C. Mitchell and Co., 2s.) gives much valuable information about the two thousand five hundred and four newspapers of the United Kingdom and the leading Colonial and foreign papers.-Handy Newspaper- List. (C. and E. Layton. 6d.)-A cheap and concise summary of British and Irish papers.--The Advertiser's AB C. (T. B... Browne. 10s. 6d.)-Useful hints on trade and advertising, with a directory Of the world's Press-The Church, Directory and Almanack, 1914. (James Nisbet and (Jo. 2s. 6d. net.)-This is the cheapest book of its kind, containin full lists of English clergy and benefices.-The Church Pulpit Year Book, 1914. (Same publishers. 2s. net.)-Outline sermons for every Sunday and feast-day in the year.-Tha, Year's Art, 1914. Compiled by A. C. R. Carter. (Hutchinson and Co. Is. net.)-A concise epitome of artistic events in 1913, so upto,date as to chronicle the return of the "Moons. Lisa" to Paris.-The Musical Directory, 1914. (Haden, Carte, and Co. 3s. net.)-A list of musical performers, pro- fessors, and traders in the United Kingdom, with obituaries and concertlists.-Burolett's Hospitals and Charities, 19141 (The Scientific Press. 10s. 64. net.)-The usefulness of this standard review of charitable work throughout the English- speaking world is, if possible, increased by its appearance so.
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