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Messrs. De La Rue and Co. send us a selection

from their diaries and calendars. These are of various shapes and sizes suited to the convenience of people variously employed. The Portable Diary, strongly bound in leather, with various pockets,. and furnished with an adequate space for entries—diary, cash account, and memoranda—is particularly to be recommended. The Traveller's Condensed Diary, one that could be put away in almost any pocket., may also be mentioned. Then there is an. Engagement Block, with separable leaves, and many almanacs, suspensory and others.—From Messrs. Hudson and Kearns we have received some Blotting Pad Diaries of various sizes, and prices to correspond, from 8s. to 2s. These are furnished with diaries attached on the left hand. The " blotting pads " are on the " block " system ; each sheet may be removed when it is done- with. The Banker's (8s.) and No. 4 (4s. 6d.), which folds up into the size of a quarto volume, may be specified as peculiarly convenient.