12 NOVEMBER 1881, Page 22

The Encyclopccdic Dictionary. Vol. I., Part II. By Robert Hunter,

M.A. (Cassell, Patter, Galpin, and (io.)—This second part carries us on a little way into the letter C. The work promises to be one of great usefulness, being as convenient a book of reference as can be well imagined. It tells us just what we want to know about the points which are continually turning up in conversation and reading. A multitude of illustrations increases its usefulness. We can only hope that the scale on which it is being worked will not be found too large. A rapid. issue, when knowledge increases, and, we may say, changes so rapidly, is essential.