YzemBooxs.-Debrett'a Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Conz- panionage for 1887. Edited
by R. H. Mair, LL.D. (Dean and Son.) -From tbe profane to the one hundred and seventy-fourth edition of this useful work, and oldeet serial extant, we learn that in 1886, 12 peerages were created, and 4 became extinct ; 2 peers of Ireland were rewarded respectively with a barony and an earldom of the United Kingdom, and one peer was promoted from a barony to a visoonnty. The order of Baronets received an addition of 17 members, while 4 baronetcies became extinct or dormant; 29 members were sworn of the Privy Council, 98 gentlemen were designated for knighthood, one of whom refused the proffered honour, while another died before receiving the accolade, but the precedence of a knight-bachelor's dame was granted to his widow. The total number of Companions nominated to the Distinguished Service and other Orders was 151, a larger number than has heretofore been made in one year. During the past year there died 23 peers, 22 peeresses, 26 baronets, 37 knights, and 32 companions, numbers in the aggregate slightly below the average.-Barts'e Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage for 1887. Forty-ninth annual edition. (Harrison and Sons.)-In Sir Bernard Burke's compilation, the additions to the Orders of Knighthood have also been brought down to date, and a list of the names of the recipients of the Distinguished Service Order added to the present issue of this handy genealogical and heraldic dictionary.-Thoais Official Directory for 1887. Forty-fourth annual publication. (A. Thom and Co., Dublin.)-This useful and reliable official compilation bus also been revised and corrected up to date, the changes in the Cabinet from the 4th to the 11th of January in the present year being duly noted. Additional particulars respecting the Members elected to serve in the present Parliament are a conspicuous feature in the new volume, the editor evidently desiring to make these biographical accounts as complete and reliable as their brevity will admit.- We have also received Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Officiat Classes for 1887. The thirteenth annual edition. (Kelly and Co.)-The Catholic Directory, Ecclesiastico2 Register, and Almanac for 1887. The fiftieth annual publication. (Burns and Oates.)- The Clergy List for 1887. (J. Hall.)-The Clergy Directory and Parish Guide for 1887. (T. (3. Johnson.)-The Official Year. Book of the Church of England, 1887. (S.P.C.K.)-The English- woman's Year-Book for 1887. A new edition of "The Year.Book of Women's work." (Hatchards.)-Ha..irs Annual Cyclopedia for 1887. Edited by E. D. Price, F.G.S. Corrected up to February 8th. (Resell, Watson, and Viney.)-The Royal Kaiendar, and Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies, for 1887. (Allen and Co.)-T7is Shipping World Hand- book. (Shipping World Office.) A manual of useful information,
intended for annual publication hereafter. Beside various tables of money, measures, /co., it gives a list of Consular Agents, a detailed statement of the "tariffs of the world" (eighty-six pages in all, of which Great Britain occupies scarcely one), a list of harbours,
with depth of water, dues, Jo., and a variety of other things which we cannot enumerate.-The Australian Handbook, Shippers' and Importers' Directory, and Business Guide, for 1887. The eighteenth annual issue. (Gordon and Gotoh.)
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