A complete directory of the whole of London is provided
by the Post Office London Directory (Kelly's Directories, 70s. and 55s.). For the first time the County of London is presented as a single area, instead of being divided into the categories of City and Suburb. The map (an excel- lent one, with a scale of four inches to the mile) is for the first time produced in a separate case, instead of being bound up with the rest of the volume. Altogether it is a most excellent publication, and these innovations have certainly added to its convenience. The Catholic Directory (Burns Oates and Washbourne, 3s. 6d.) is the official hand- book of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, and records the activities of almost every department of the Roman Catholic Church. The Official Yearbook of the Church of England (Church Assembly and S.P.C.K., 3s. 6d.) gives a full account, with statistical illustrations, of every branch of the work of the Church of England. The People's Year Book (Co-operative Wholesale Society, 3s. 6d.) is an annual of the co-operative movement, and gives a comprehensive account of the movement in this country and abroad. Though the stress is on financial and economic questions, attention is paid to general subjects. The third annual issue of The Year Book of Education (Evans, 35s.) is to some extent complementary to its predecessors, and will be made addi- tionally valuable if they are available for comparison. The first two volumes gave, in a necessarily condensed form, an account of the educational systems and problems of the British Commonwealth. This volume attempts to perform a similar function for the world. Naturally some countries have to be dealt with in rather summary manner, but there can be nothing but praise for the skill with which the general scheme has been carried out. If the three existing volumes of the year book should for preference be had together for consultation, this volume -.is extremely valuable by itself, and should certainly be putcha§ed by every reference library and by anyone who takes an interest in the problems and different systems of education..
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