REFERENCE BOOKS FOR 1935 We have received the following works
of reference : Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage (Dean. 75s.) and Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, the Privy Council and Knightage (Burke's Peerage. £5 5s.), now in the 222nd and 93rd years of invaluable •existence respectively, and as fine examples of book-production as they are useful ; Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes (Kelly's Directories. 40s.), as useful in its own way as Debrett or Burke ; The Post Office Landon Directory (Kelly's Directories. 55s.), and the Royal Blue Book, Court and Parliamentary Guide (Kelly's Directories. 7s. 6c1.), which provide respec- tively a complete directory of the County of London and a select directory to the better class residential areas • The Official Yearbook of the Church of England (Church Assembly and S.P.C.K. 3s. 6d.), which gives a complete survey of the work of the Church of England' The Catholic Directory (Burns Oates and Washbourne. 13s. 6d.), the official hand- book of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales ; The People's Yearbook (Co-:operative Wholesale Society. ls.), the annual of the co-operative movement ; The Constitutional Yearbook (Harrison and Sons. 5s.), a useful storehouse of political information • Whitaker's Almanack (6s.), the most compact and comprehensive of reference books ; and the Daily Mail Year Book (Associated Newspapers. Is.), which, though much smaller in size, provides an amazingly full and varied amount of information.
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