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When An Artist, Who Is Also A Writer With A

strong feeling for words and phrase and a very delightful touch, sets about recording a holiday, the result can hardly fail to be pleasant, and Mr. Roger Fry's A Sampler of......

Burke's Peerage, Baronetage And Knightage, 1924, Has A...

in the form of a Diplomatic Section containing details of the officials of Foreign Embassies and Legations. But, of course, the most astonishing section of Burke is the list of......

Shorter Notices.

BRITAIN'S LIFE-BOATS : The Story of a Century of Heroic Service. By Major A. J. Dawson. With an intro- duction by the Prince of Wales. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.) As......

History Of The 12th (eastern) Division In The

GREAT WAR. By Major-General Sir Arthur B. Scott and the Rev. P. Middleton Brumwell, C.F. (Nisbet. 15s. net.) The Twelfth Division, composed of men from East Anglia, London and......

Kelly's Post Office London Directory, 1924. (kelly's...

Kelly's Post Office London Directory, 1924, is in many ways of increased utility we note in particular a more elaborate analysis of trade headings. It is a matter for wonder......

This Is A Handbook On The Principal Kinds Of Bobbin

and needle laces, suitable for either elementary or advanced students. It is very clearly illustrated and admirably written.......

Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage

AND COMPANIONAGE, 1924. (Dean and Son. 75s. net.) Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 1924, which attains something of a record with 3,300 pages, seems to......

Kelly's Royal Blue Book Court Guide, 1924. (kelly's...

6d. net.) KELLY'S ROYAL BLUE BOOK COURT GUIDE, 1924. (Kelly's Directories. 7s. 6d. net.) Kelly's Royal Blue Book Court Guide, 1924, is well past its centenary, and it is......

Finance-public & Private.

[BY OUR CITY EDITOR.] NEW YEAR PROSPECTS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—What are the prospects for the New Year as regards the Money Market, Trade and the Stock......

Kelly's Handbook To The Titled, Landed And Other Classes,...

(Kelly's Directories. 30s. net.) Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Other Classes, 1924, is invaluable for its convenient alphabetical arrangement. With any other system......