Who's Who, 1910 (A. and C. Black, 10s. net) and
Who's Who Year-Book (same publishers, 1s. net) are practically one book. The latter contains the tables, &c., which were the substantial contents of the former when it was first started. These are now relegated to the Year-Book, partly from the pressure of biographical matter —it now extends to two thousand one hundred and sixty-two pages !—and partly for convenience' sake. How the latter purpose is served it is easy to see from an instance. One wants to know some- thing about, say, the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, and does not remember the name. It can be seen at once in the Year- Book; then one turns to Who's Who and learns all about him, the saccrd of his services, be. The miscellaneous information supplied by the Year-Book is far too various for any enumeration; that of the original work is simple enough, as far as description goes —personal particulars and achievements of some twenty thousand men and women—but snaking, in practice, a quite gigantic task as respects collection, correction, Ise.
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