20 NOVEMBER 1897, Page 39

We have received as usual specimens of Letts's Diaries (Cassell

and Co.) All these are of a serviceable kind, and are furnished with the information about coins, weights, postages, Sc., that is wanted in daily affairs. The catalogue shows every variety of size and price. A millionaire may spend nearly a sovereign on a massive volume suited to the record of his many engagements and affairs. At the other end of the scale the author or journalist may find space for his modest raceipte, expenditure, and employments in a sixpenny diary.—With these may be mentioned The Royal Navy List Diary and Naval Handbook (Witherby and Co.), containing, besides the usual astronomical information, a " Calendar of Notable Naval Events," " Naval Honours," a " Summary of the Year's Naval Progress," Sc.