. Review of reviews and world's work. cteristic passages from Whitmans writingsare scattered through the text. The two standard dictionaries of contemporary bi-ogi-aphy which are printed in English,—namely. Whos Who (Macmillan) and Whos Who in Amer-ica (C;hicago : A. N. Marquis & Co.), are now be-fore us in new editions. The English Whos Whois an annual, now in its fifty-eighth year of issue. , its range is somewhat more restricted than thatof its American namesake, perhaps owing to the greaterregard paid in England to the conventionalities. Thequestion of admission to the pages of
. Review of reviews and world's work. cteristic passages from Whitmans writingsare scattered through the text. The two standard dictionaries of contemporary bi-ogi-aphy which are printed in English,—namely. Whos Who (Macmillan) and Whos Who in Amer-ica (C;hicago : A. N. Marquis & Co.), are now be-fore us in new editions. The English Whos Whois an annual, now in its fifty-eighth year of issue. , its range is somewhat more restricted than thatof its American namesake, perhaps owing to the greaterregard paid in England to the conventionalities. Thequestion of admission to the pages of the national bio-graphical year-book is decided more generally by mat-ters of official or social position than is the case withthe Chicago publication. Whos Who in Americais nothing if not democratic. It recognizes the officialclass, but is more free than the London Whos Whoto seek its subjects in every rank and calling, havingmore regard to actual achievement than to mere po-sition. The present volume, the fourth biennial edi-. WALT WHITMAN. ^ THE NEW BOOKS. 381 tion of the series, edited bj- John W. Leonard, containsmore sketches than either of its predecessors,—in all,16,216 men and women. Altogether, it is now a bulkj-book of more than two thousand pages, clearly printed,and most convenient for purposes of reference. Onegreat merit of the publication from the beginning hasbeen the fact that, with very few exceptions, the life-sketches have been written from data secured directfrom first liands, and that all the sketches have beensubmitted for personal revision, additions, and correc-tions. Persons engaged in commercial, financial, andindustrial i)ursuits are now more fully represented inWhos Who in America than ever before, while theliterary, educational, official, and professional classeshave always had excellent representation. NEW VOLUMES OF HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION. The .second volume of The of the UnitedStates and Its People, by Elroy McKendree Avery(Clevel
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