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Dictionary of Hymnology, Edited by John Sullen, D.D. (John Murray,

21s. net), appears in a second edition. This has been revised throughout, and much matter, either new or not noticed in the first issue, has been collected in a supplement. The book is now, we should imagine, about as complete as a work of the kind can be. As a book of reference it is indispensable. A dictionary may be thought to be one of Lamb's biblia abiblia. As a matter of fact, they are often full of interest, "fine confused reading," as Mr. Andrew Lang, if we remember right, expresses it. What could be more full of noteworthy matter than the "New Oxford Dictionary " ? And here is another volume which well merits the same description.