24 OCTOBER 1908, Page 26

The eighth volume of the Dictionary of National Biography, "

Glover—Harriott " (Smith, Elder, and Co., 15s. net), has the contents of Vols. XXII.-XXIV. of the old edition. It includes a multitude of great names, Godwin, Gordon, Graham, Grant, Gray, Hall, and Hamilton being among them. The Scottish element, it will be seen, occupies a large space.