7 JULY 1888, Page 24

We have to acknowledge the seventh volume (Part 1) of

The Encyclopedic Dictionary. (Cassell and Co.)—This part takes in from " tas " to " urbiculons." As far as we have examined, it supports the high character for thoroughness and utility which the work has already acquired. Eight volumes will, we may con- jecture, conclude it,—" eight" actually meaning more, as the volumes have more than once, as in this instance, been divided into parts.