30 DECEMBER 1905, Page 27

Hazel's Annual. Edited by W. Palmer, B.A. (Ha.zell, Watson, ang

Viney. 3s. 6d. net.)—This periodical (which attains its majority with the year 1906) describes itself as "a cyclopaedic record of Men and Topics of the Day." It spreads, therefore, its net very widely, and makes, as can easily be seen, a very largo haul. If We are to suggest a defect, it is on the literary side. We miss, for instance, the name of Sir Richard Jebb,—it does not appear in its alphabetical place. But in many respects Hazell's Annual, for facility of reference and completeness of information, stands without a superior.