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A Fifty - Year Diary. (A. Bradford, Camberley. Is. 6d. net.)— There

are many of us who would hardly be justified in starting a " Fifty-Year Diary." On the other hand, the book might well be an acceptable present to a boy beginning to think seriously, to a young man coming of age, a newly admitted solicitor, or a newly ordained deacon. But would the presentee grow nervous when the space came to an end