REFERENCE BOOKS FOR 1937 We have received the following directories
and works of reference for 1937 : Debrett's Peerage, Baronelage, Knighlage and Companionage (Dean, 84s.) and Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, The Privy Council and Knighlage (Burke's Peerage, 105s.), as always the two best produced books of the year as well as being two of the most useful ; Kelly's Handbook to the Tilled, Landed and Official Classes (Kelly's Directories, 40s.), which covers much of the same ground in a more summary way (and has an additional section which will be useful to those who hunt) ; The Post Office London Directory (Kelly's Direc- tories, 55s.) and The Royal Blue Book court Guide and Parliamentary Guide (Kelly's Directories, 7s. 6d.), providing respectively a complete directory to the County of London, complete with excellent maps, and a select directory and street plan to the residential areas ; The Official Year-Book of the Church of England (Church Assembly and S.P.C.K. 3s. 6d.) which surveys the work of the Church of England ; The Catholic Directory (Burns Oates, 3s. 6d.), which is the official handbook of the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain, and The Catholic Who's Who (Burns Oates, 6s.) which provides short biographies of prominent Roman Catholics ; The Constitutional Handbook (Harrison, 5s.), a useful repository of political informa- tion ; The People's Year Book (1s.) pre- pared by the Publicity Department of the Co-operative Wholesale Society ; the Daily Mail Year Book (Asso- ciated Newspapers, ls.) and Whilaker's Alnianack (Os.), both extremely useful general reference books, the second of them probably the best value for money of any book published during the year.
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