23 NOVEMBER 1878, Page 25

The Parliamentary Buff Book. Edited by T. N. Roberts.—This is

the eleventh yearly volume of analyses of the divisions of the House of Commons, and gives, in addition to a descending scale of attendances of Members at divisions, a list of the subjects on which divisions were taken. The author tells us that during the past year there were 278 divisions, of which 271 were on public Bills, and 7 on private Bills ; 128 were divisions of the House, and 150 were divisions in Committee; 163 divisions occurred before, and 115 divisions after, midnight.. The average of Members at divisions in 1878 was 191, against 206 in 1877.