BOOBS OF REFERENCE.—Who's Who, 1914. (A. and C. Black. 15s.
net.)—There is never any diminution in the annual pleasure with which we open the most fascinating of all reference-books. New treasures are constantly starting to our eyes from its pages. This year, for instance, we have noticed for the first time in the few moments spent in glancing through it, the astonishing titles of some of the works published by Signor Marinetti, the " Chef du Mouve- ment Futuriste." Here are some of them : " Destruction," "La Momie Senglante," "La Ville Charnelle," " Poup6es Electric/nes," " Le Monoplan du Pape." Again, it appears that one of Mr. Harry Lauder's recreations is " trying to hit a wee gutty ba'." This-might have been suspected; but who would have imagined that his famous compatriot, Mr. Keir Hardie, has a " hobby for collecting ballad and chap-book literature of Scotland " ? For the benefit of the serious-minded we may add that the book now contains 2,314 pages, and that the selec- tion of biographies is more comprehensive than ever, although the choice of the foreign ones still seems somewhat hap- hazard.—The companion volume, lVho's Who Year-Book for 1914-15 (same publishers, ls. net), containing miscellaneous information that has been crowded out of Who's Who itself, makes its reappearance with certain additions.—From the same publishers we have also received The Englishwoman's Year-Book, 1914 (2s. 6d. net), and The Writers' and Artists' Year-Book, 1914 (1s. net), both of which are edited by G. E. Mitton and are too well known to require special comment. —The Barbados Handbook, 1914. By E. Goulburn Sinckler. (Duckworth and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—This is a third edition of a guide-book which is published by order of the island's legis- lature, and is based upon Sir Robert Schomburgk's History of Barbados.—Nelson's Year-Book, 1914 (T. Nelson and Sons, 1s. net), is an excellent general book of reference containing a large amount of well-compressed information.—We may also mention The Smalholder's Year-Book, 1914 (C. Arthur Pearson, ls. net).
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