Government Year - Book, 1889. Edited by Lewis Sergeant. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—This
is a "Record of the Forms and Methods of Government in Great Britain, her Colonies, and Foreign Countries." An introduction deals with the questions of the " diffusion of Popular Government over the globe," and of international juris- dictions. The historical element is supplied by a record of im- portant events "affecting national and international government." —The Civil Service Calendar and Official Regulations. Edited by William Bassett. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889. (Dean and Son.)—This con- tains a brief record of the parentage, birth, education, and general history of the various Members of the House of Commons, and also a list of the counties, or divisions of counties, boroughs, &c., returning Members to Parliament, with a statement of the numbers polled at the last election. The " Judges " include the Judges of the Superior Courts, of the County-Courts, and those who hold judicial office in the Colonies.—Church Work : Mission Life, edited by the Rev. J. G. Deed (Wells Gardner and Co.), con- tains the year's issue of a valuable and interesting periodical. —Newspaper Press Directory, 1889. (C. Mitchell and Go.)— This is the forty-fourth annual issue. Every Metropolitan and every provincial newspaper is noticed and described, mostly in its own words. Judging by their own accounts of themselves, it is quite amazing what an intelligent and well-conducted Press we have in England. Of course, this is the only method that the conductors of a periodical of this kind can follow. They cannot pretend to criticise. The facts of publication, date, &c., are stated on their responsibility; for the rest they are not supposed to answer.— The Australian Handbook 1889. (Gordon and Gotch.)—This is the twentieth annual issue. The book serves the double purpose of a directory and a history. To any one concerned with Australian affairs, it is indispensable. —P. and 0. Pocket-Book. (P. and 0. Offices.)—A guide to the history and operations of this important Company.—Examina- tion Papers of the Royal University of Ireland : a Supplement to the Calendar, 1889. (Alexander Thom and Co., Dublin.) — Royal Calendar and Index, 1889 (W. H. Allen), contains a corrected list of the Houses of Parliament, the Orders of Knighthood, &c., an Army and a Navy List, official directory, list of ecclesiastical dig- nities and corporations, of charitable institutions and schools, with a copious index which makes the whole .of the information easily accessible.—The Civil Service Directory, 1889 (same publishers), gives a complete list of all persons connected with the various public offices and public service.—The Advertiser's A B C (T. B. Browne) contains a list of all London,"provincial, and Colonial newspapers, magazines, &c., with copious indices.—The Adver- tiser's Guardian (Louis Collins), supplies warning against various traps which are laid for advertisers, which might furnish some amusing matter, but that one does not care to tread- " per ignes
Suppositos cineri doloao;"
or, in other words, over ground honeycombed with actions for libel. There is also a variety of information of a kindred kind, lists of journals, &e.—The Metropolitan Year-Book, 1889 (Cassell and Co.), supplies a great variety of information on things serious and sportive connected with London.—Sell's Directory of Registered Telegraphic Addiesses. (Sells.)—Burdett's Official In- telligence. (Spottiswoode and Co.)
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