WORKS OF REFERENCE.—Whitaker'e Almattade for 1918 (3s. 6d. net) is
the fiftieth annual issue of this familiar and invaluable work. It is as compact, comprehensive, and accurate as ever. The articles on the war are very concise but will be useful, especially the con- densed diary of the past year and the account of the naval opera- tions. The appendix on " British Empire Industries " fascinates us with its short and informing articles by experts on such topics as galvanized iron, fabric gloves, lead pencils, tubes,and bn'abos, The Annual for 1918 of the Co-operative Wholesale Societies, Limited, contains as usual a mass of interesting and well-arranged statistics relating to the Co-operative movement. The articles in- clude a curious rhapsody on the Co-operative Commone cAlth " by Mr. Joseph Edwards, and an article on " The Wholesale in Recent Years " by Mr. Percy Redfern, who is strangely indignant because the Society has had to pay Excess Profits Tax, though its net profit for 1916 was no less than £1,519,005.
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