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A volume such as no other country in the world

could produce is that entitled Handbooks on British Colonies, Compiled by Walter B. Paton, M.A. (Wyman and Sons, 2s.) It contains twelve hand- books,—Canada, the Australian States (five), Tasmania, New Zealand, and the South African States (four). Each of these handbooks is furnished with a map. Than there is a " Professional Handbook," showing the conditions of employment for persona of various occupations, such as architects, lawyers, medical men. Finally, there is a collection of emigration statutes and a handbook giving regulations, British and Colonial.