17 DECEMBER 1887, Page 32

We have received copies of Pettitt's Diaries and Almanac. for

1888, which are useful ; and also of Blackwood's No. 4 Diary and Almanac. (Messrs. Griffith and Ferran), which contains a useful map of London, showing the postal districts.

We have to acknowledge a parcel of Christmas Cards in con- siderable variety, with some scented and cushion cards of good and delicate workmanship, from Messrs. Meissner and Bush.