27 JANUARY 1912, Page 39

Thom's Official Directory. (Alex. Thom and Co. Dublin. 20s, net.)—It

may safely be said that this directory is as good as any that can be mentioned for the United Kingdom, and that for Ireland it does what is not done for either England, Scotland, or Wales. Take the Dublin Directory, for instance. We have the rateable value of every house. We do not suppose that this could be clone for London, but it might be done by local directories. Altogether this is a quite model volume of its kind.