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Political Annals of Canada. By 4. P. Cockburn. (Stanley Paul

and Co. 10s. 6d. net,)—Mr. Coakburn has taken a con- siderable part in public affairs in Canada, sittiug in the fit Ontario Parliament, and in successive Parliaments of the Dominion (the second to the fifth inclusive). Ho has put together in thin volume an account, necessarily much abbreviated, of Cenadian history from 1608 down to recent times. The volume will be found a storehouse of valuable information.—With this may be mentioned A History of Canada, 17034812, by Sir C. P. Lucas (Clarendon Press, 12s. ed, net), in which an important section of the subject is treated by a writer who is an acknow- ledged authority on this topic.