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 Harrison and Sons, Publishers, Burke's, Sir Bernard, Peerage, Baronet- AGE, KNIGHTAGE, &c., for 1891. 53ed Edition. This Peerage and Baronetage is the only one extant which combines, in one volume, the full genealogical or past, as well as the present, account of all the Peers and Baronets of the realm. The Baronetage, incorporated with the Peerage, is complete in every detail as to the Lineage and present condition of each Baronet and his family. The Knightage has been much enlarged by the in- troduction of the family connections of the Knights of the several Orders of the Knights Bachelors and of the Members of Her Majesty's Most Honour- able Privy Council. Precedence. — This important subject has been fully dealt with, and the Lists may be relied on as authoritative. The Peers, Baronets, and Knights, and the Companions of the several Orders of Knighthood ai-e placed according to their relative rank ; and there is given a Scale of General or Social Precedence, and a List of the Maids of Honour to the Queen, with their relative Precedence. Tables of Prece- dence of Diplomatic Agents ; Relative Rank of the Officers of the Navy and Army ; and Precedence in the Colonies, the Dominion of Canada, and the Indian Empire are also supplied. There will also be found official Lists of The Oedee op the Indian Empiee, The Royal Oedee op ViCTOEIA AND AlBEET, ThE IMPEEIAL OeDEE OP THE CeOWN OP India, The Victoeia Ceoss, The Albeet Medal, and The Royal Red Ceoss. The heraldic department includes not only the engravings of the arms of both Peees and Baeonets, but also the written blazon or descriptions. To this work is added a Key, or Comprehensive Alphabetical List, by means of which every titled personage, and many others, can be easily traced. Nearly 2,000 pages, super royal 8vo., cloth gilt. Price £1 IBs. (Published Annually.) " Tlie most complete and monumental of Peerages is the well-known compilation of Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., Ulster King of Arms. . . . But Burke's Peerage is quite above criticism ; it is unique, and remains by itself as the type of a book of reference." — Times. "... All students of English History must feel interested in the work. To such students, iu fact, 'Burke' is an indispensable biographical dictionary, and one which needs no recom- mendation. . . ." — Times. "The reader who takes up 'Burke' does rowith the full consciousness that every statement, every detail, however small, has been subjected to the closest scrutiny and most stringent revision." — Morning Post. ' ' The present edition is marked by the accurate editorship that has justly entitled it to be con- sidered a complete genealogical and heraldic dictionary." — The Daily Telegraph. " It is scarcely necessary to add that the present edition of Burke's Peerage is distinguished by the completeness and accuracy that have hitherto constituted what is one of the most entertaining and suggestive books in the world, a voliune of reference that everybody may consult with confidence." — Saturday Review. "This work supplies, with admirable minuteness and perfect correctness, the information so eagerly sought for." — Illustrated London News. " Without denying the merit of other peerages, this is par exceUenee the book for those who desire to know, not only about living persons, but about their ancestors." — The Graphic. " Sir Bernard can put forward the hope, scarcely distinguishable from a claim, that his present volume is ' in all respects complete.' " — Notes and Queries, "Sir Bernard Burke's handsome volume easily maintains its position as the most comprehensive, the most complete, and most reliable of all the Peerages." — Vanity Fair. ' The success of Sir Bernard Burke iu bringing his great work through so many editions must be regarded as a marvellous achievement, worthy of his learning and literary reputation. It is not a dry record of dates and names, or a collection of heraldic symbols, but the cultured taste of the author has made it attractive by historical illustrations and notes of many inci- dents in the career of great families, which have the charm of romance." — Dublin Daily Ei-press.