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HazeWs Annual. Edited by William Palmer, B.A. (Hazen Watson, and

Viney. as. ad.)—This annual volume continues to be admirably managed. To be accurate, to be impartial, to be up- to-date, are the three cardinal virtues of such a work, and they are to be found here beyond all question. The past year, 1902, was one of great events—no year is likely to be anything else— and these have been adequately chronicled. This is about as convenient a book of reference as one could desire for that which it is often very hard to get at, the history of the day.