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Borland : Dickens's Places and People. By Percy Fitzgerald. (Downey

and Co.) -Many of Mr. Percy Fitzgerald's identifica- tions are curious. Eatanswilt appears to be Ipswich, and Sir Fitzroy Kelly is identified with "Fizkin," one of the candidates. Now and then real names are given ; the `Angel,' for instance, at Ipswich. The 'Markle of Granby,' at Dorking, on the other hand, is a fictitious title. Mr. Percy Fizgerald goes through the Dickens library and identifies, with more or less probability, persons, places, and incidents. A good deal of this may be found in recent editions of the novelist, but it is conveniently put together in this volume.