Saw EDITIONS.—Armorial Families. Compiled and edited by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies.
(T. C. and E. C. Jack, Edinburgh.) —The editor writes a preface for this "third edition," in which he reasserts his position. He italicises, " I never put my book forward as complete." Many people may really possess the right to be included among the " Armorial Families," but they cannot make it good unless they can produce an officially accepted pedigree. This is a trouble which few are likely to take. But on the general question, is not the action of the Revenue Depart- ment in the matter of " armorial bearings " somewhat misleading ? People who do not want to claim arms are forced into it. You buy, for instance, a silver tankard—second-hand—which has a shield on it. The Department compels us to pay for the arms, and, so to speak, compels you to assume them.—War Medals and Decorations, 1538-1399. By D. Hastings Irwin. (L. ITpcott Gill.)—Of the Whitehall Shakespeare, edited by Arthur H. Doubleday, with the assistance of T. Gregory Foster and Robert Elson (A. Constable), we have Vol. XL, con- taining "Bing Lear," "Macbeth,' " Timon of Athens," and " Pericles."—Precious Stones and Gems. By Edwin W. Streeter. (G. Bell and sons.)—" Sixth edition, revised and largely re- written up to date."
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