DIARIES.—Messrs. De La Rue and Co. send us their usual
selec- tion of Diaries, Pocket-books, and Almanacks. The print, the paper, and the Russia leather are all as good as ever. We cannot say more, but to say that is to give high praise. Our special fancy is for the Pocket-book, which has a pouch for a season- ticket, and let into the outside of the Pocket-book a piece of talc. Thus the date on the ticket shows through, and when the guard asks to see "dates of seasons," the passenger has not to empty his Pocket-book, but merely to pull it out and show its side to the collector. This Pocket-book has, indeed, only one fault. The little places for stamps are cut too low—i.e., are not deep enough —and so the stamps are apt to fall out, as the present writer has found.—We have received also from Messrs. Hudson and Kearns a very useful set of Blotting-Pad Diaries. Some are flat and long and stiff, and some fold in the middle. The blotting paper is of good quality,—a very important item.
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