The locomotive world ought to be informed that Mr. ANDREWS
has written a Guide to Southampton and its neighbourhood, and that Mr. GROOMBRIDGE has published it in London. A guide, whether in person or book, is usually a cheat. The legged impostor is usually some idle and very ignorant person, who, knowing nothing himself, lives upon those who fancy they know less ; while the in- formation in guide-books is usually cabbaged from some county history, whipped up with flummery respecting the gentry and the scenery and the shoppery of the neighbourhood ; answering no rational inquiry, and productive solely of a few pence to the sta- tioner, who hopes by its means to sell his paper and his work- boxes to the insipids who apply for the guide. The Guide to Southampton is neither better nor worse than guides in general.
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