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London Side - Lights. By Clarence Rook. (edward Arnold....

on the whole, of excellent quality. In tho first, "West to East," the author attempts to explore his subject geographically. Ho starts from Hanwell, and travels by conveyance......

Philips' Handy Administrative Atlas Of England And Wales,...

George Philip (G. Philip and Son, 4s. net), gives us lists of Parliamentary divisions of counties and boroughs, lists of administrative divisions, the contents of these being......

, 2 'he Literary Year - Book. Edited By Basil Stewart....

Sons. 5s. net.)—This annual appears for the thirteenth time. It gives us a calendar in which literary and artistic celebrities stand, so to speak, for saints ; an " Authors'......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this headivo too 'laic.. such Book, of the week as halm not beers merited for review in other forms.1 Among the publications called forth by the Milton Tercentenary are......

In The Series Of "do La More Booklets" (do La

More Press, la. 6d. net) we have a set of three,—namely, The Dream of Gerontius, by Cardinal Newman ; The Blessed Damozel, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; and Christabel, by S. T.......

Among The Specially Useful Almanacs Of The Year May Be

mentioned Vinton's Agricultural Almanac and Diary (Vinton and Co., is.) Among the items of information we find the crops of 1908 in Great Britain. These were :—Wheat, 6,565,370......

The Post Office London Directory, With County Suburbs....

32s. 6d.. &c.)—There has boon a change in the shape of this volume which certainly makes it more con- venient to handle. A book that deals with so vast an area and so huge a......

Nein , Editions.—the Dictionary Of National Biography....

Vol. X. (Smith, Elder. and Co. 25s. net.)— This volume corresponds to XXVIII.-XXX. of the original edition (the earliest of the portion which appeared under the sole editorship......