5 FEBRUARY 1898, Page 27

Dod's Parliamentary Companion (Whittaker and Co.), which is in its

sixty-sixth year, is as useful a book of ready reference as ever.—Whitaker's Directory of Titled Persons (12 Warwick Lane) is a very handy book of reference for those who wish to get quickly and easily at names, titles, and addresses. Conciseness is its main feature.