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Thom's Official Directory. (a. Thom And Co., Dublin....

are glad to see again this admirable Directory. There is nothing quite like it elsewhere. Of course England is too big for a single volume of the kind, but it would be possible......

The Fruit Growers' Year Book. (cable Printing Company....

annual, now in its seventeenth year, is full of useful information. The work of each month in planting, pruning, protection against harmful agencies, &c., is given. There are......

Herbert Fry's Royal Guide To London Charities. Edited By...

Lane. (Chatto and Windus. ls. 6d.)—We need not describe or praise this indispensable manual. No one who gives ought to neglect the information which it supplies. The question of......

We Mention With Sympathy And Hearty Good Wishes For The

success of the society whose operations it chronicles, The Tenth Annual Report of Our Dumb Friends' League (118 Victoria Street). It chronicles many acts of kindness to various......