27 NOVEMBER 1909, Page 25

The Dictionary of National Biography. Edited by Sidney Lee.' Vol,

XXI., " Whichcord—Zuylestein." (Smith, Elder, and CO; 15s. net.)—This volume concludes the reissue of the first edition,: representing, as it does, LXI.-LXIII. There is yet to come another volume, which will give us the three suprdementaries. • It is impossible to make a due acknowledgment of the service, which has been done by this reissue. The whole cost is £16 103., ' and the space occupied, a consideration not less serious than the cost, is not more than even a small library should bo able to supply.