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REFERENCE BOOKS FOR 1938

Whitaker's Abnanack (6s. and 3s.) is at once the most compact and the most comprehensive of reference books, and the present volume, the loth annual edition, is even wider in scope than its predecessors. Perhaps the most inter- esting of new additions is the detailed account of the recent constitutional questions, in their proper historical back- ground. The index has again been ex- tended and contains this year upwards of 3o,000 references. In every respect this volume is, as usual, up to date and reliable, and it is a pleasure once more to recommend it.