12 MARCH 1898, Page 24

REFERENCE-BOOKS.—Who's Who, 1898 (Adam and Charles Black) is as full

of useful information as it can hold. Among new features is a list of "Peculiarly Pronounced Proper Names ° which should prove useful to foreigners, who are apt to think that Cholmondeley is pronounced Majoribanks. One useful feature of the biographies is that the acreage of landowners is added.—Walford's County Families for 1898 (Chatto and Windua, 50s.) is as imposing in bulk and as pleasantly and clearly printed as usual. We wish, however, the editor would give us a real definition of a county family.