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Co. has been looking through the works of reference. He complains that _Dod's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knighthood for 1890_ is carelessly edited. He notes, as a sample, that Sir HENRY LELAND HARRISON, who is said to have been born in 1857, is declared to have entered the Indian Civil Service in 1860, when he was only three years old--a manifest absurdity. As _Mr. Punch_ himself pointed out this _bêtise_ in _Dod's &c., &c., for 1889_, it should have been corrected in the new edition.
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If this sort of thing continues, says the faithful
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Sir BERNARD BURKE'S _Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage_ is, in every sense, a noble volume, and seems to have been compiled with the greatest care and accuracy. KELLY'S _Post Office Directory_, of course, is a necessity to every man of letters. _Whitaker's Almanack for 1890_ seems larger than usual, and better than ever. WEBSTER'S _Royal Red Book_, and GARDINER'S _Royal Blue Book_, it goes without saying, are both written by men of address. _The Century Atlas and Gazetteer_ is a book amongst a hundred. Finally, the _Era Almanack for 1890_, conducted by EDWARD LEDGER, is, as usual, full of information concerning things theatrical--some of it gay, some of it sad.
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Replies to Questions by Actors and Actresses is the liveliest contribution in the little volume. The Obituary contains the name of
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EDWARD LITT LEMAN BLANCHARD, dramatist, novellist, and journalist, who died on the 4th of September, 1889. It is hard to realise the _Era Almanack_ without the excellent contributions of poor
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E. L. B.!
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