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Booxs OP REFERENCE.—Debretes Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Conipanionage, 1914. Edited

by Arthur G. M. Hesilrige. (Dean and Son. 31s. 6d. net.)—The names of the sons and daughters of knights (with particulars as to their births, marriages, etc.) have been added to "Debrett " for the first time this year.—We have also received Dods Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage for 1914 (Sim pk in, Marshall, and Co., 108. 6d. net.), and Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage for the Year 1914 (12 Warwick Lane, E.C., 5s. net).—Who's Who in Science, 1914. Edited by II. H. Stephenson. (J. and A. Churchill. 10s. net.)—This contains the biographies of over nine thousand men of science of all nationalities, together with particulars of the Universities and

learned societies of the world.—Whitaker's Almanack, 1914. (12 Warwick Lane, E.C. 2s. 6d.)—Among the additions to the forty-sixth issue of 'Whitaker" are statistical tables dealing with housing and town-planning, unemployment, and Labour Exchanges.—Bazell's Annual for 1914. Edited by T. A. Ingram. (Hazel], Watson, and Viney. 3s. 6d. net.)— Events occurring as late as November 25th will be found recorded in the new "Hazell," which like its predecessors gives the greatest possible amount of help to inquirers upon all con- temporary problems.—We may mention in addition to these The Libraries, Museums, and Art Galleries Year Book, 1914 (Stanley Paul), and The Guide to South and East Africa, 1914 (Sampson Low and Co.).