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 WALFORD'S COUNTY FAMILIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

"'Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom' is a compilation of such recognised utility, comprehensiveness and merit that it is not surprising that its popularity grows from year to year. It has reached its thirty-first issue, and has attained to the position of being one of the most frequently consulted manuals of the aristocraey of the three kingdoms. The plan adopted remains unaltered. A brief notice is given of the parentage, birth, marriage, and education of each person (with the name of his heir, apparent or presumptive), and also a record of the offices held by him, together with his town address and country residence. Such is its scope, and it may be seen that, apart from the changes rendered neces- sary by the efflux of time, the editor has to keep a watchful eye upon the other causes which lead to the gradual renewal of the titled classes. As heretofore, the volume is prepared with the greatest accuracy and attention to detail, and the high reputation of Walford' is well maintained." Daily Telegraph. Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom for 1896. Price 50s. Crown 8vo. Tlandsomely bound. LONDON: CHIATTO & WINDUS, 214 PICCADILLY, W.