Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage (Dean and Son, 31s. 6d.
net) appears in due course. Debrett grows like other things, having added this year Arty more pages to a number before exceeding two thousand.—Another periodical volume which it is quite superfluous to praise is Whitaker's Almanac (12 Warwick Lane, 2s. 6d. net). When we have said that a book is indispensable, what is left in the way of praise ? We may mention that there are special articles on British Commerce in 1904, on Health Resorts, on the Educational and Military Systems of European Countries, &c.—We have also received the very convenient volume, Whitaker's Peerage (same publishers), "a directory of titled persons."—Year-book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland (C. Griffin and Co., 7s. 6d. net) appears in its twenty-first annual issue. The various Institutes and Societies (including Government Departments) are classified according to the subjects with which they deal. Their transactions are recorded, names of office-bearers given, &c.
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