The S.P.C.K. send us some seasonable publications : the very
well arranged Churchman's Remembrancer, with calendar, diary with lectionary, pages for accounts, and the usual information, postal and other; The Churchman's Pocket Book and The Church- man's Almanac, giving the same conveniences in a different shape, suited to the pocket as the other is to the desk ; also the Parochial Offertory and Almanac for the Prayer Desk.—We have received from Messrs. J. J. Banks and Son, Cheltenham, The Meredith Calendar and The Robert Louis Stevenson Calendar (1s. each). They are for hanging up, a card, eleven inches by seven and a half. representing each month, with a motto from the patron author The ornamentation is simple and effective, and the printing good. —From Messrs. De La Rue we have the Onoto Diary (2s. 6d. net), a very handy little volume, four and a half inches by two and a half, and weighing a little over two ounces.—Messrs. Walker send us a variety of calendars and diaries. There is the Imperial Calendar for the wall, giving each day in bold, unmistakable characters ; the "Faringdon" Calendar Cards, in wooden frame, for the table, the card for each month beir' removable ; and a pretty little Happy Months' Calendar, with pictures and extracts. Tho diaries are distinguished by numbers. The most ample in size, with largest space for entries, is No. 4, suited for the table rather than the pocket. For the pocket, ranged in order of size, are No. 3 (4 in. by 3 in.), No. 7 (4} in. by 21 in.), No. 17 (of the Same length and breadth but more slender), No. 2 (3 in. by 2 in.), No. 1, available for the waistcoat pocket; and the Quarterly Pocket Diary, in four parts, in which the dimensions are reduced to a minimum. All are solidly bound in leather, furnished with pencils, and have a very serviceable look.
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