23 APRIL 1864, Page 21

CURRENT LITERATURE.

The Colonial-Office List for 1864. Compiled by Arthur N. Birch and William Robinson, of the Colonial Office. (Stanford.)—This is the third annual publication of this most useful work, corrected up to the close of 1863, and considerably enlarged in scope. It now contains a brief des- cription of the physical features and general characteristics of every British colony, a full list of all civil and military officers in all branches of its administration, with their salaries, a complete collection of all acts and other regulations affecting the colonial service which came into force during the past year, and a biographical dictionary comprising the name, services, dates of appointments, and other particulars of every official in Her Majesty's Colonial service. To all members of that ser- vice it is invaluable, and most useful to all who wish to keep au courant with the progress of the many constituent parts of the empire.