20 AUGUST 1864, Page 23

Guide to the Great Northern Railway. By George Rose Emerson.

(W. H. Smith and Son.)—Light, handy, and sensible. We think, how- ever, that if there had been less attempt at making a book it would have been more useful. A continuous narrative is not what you want in a railway-carriage, and it is easier to find the account of any par- ticular part of the line if the guide is broken up into paragraphs with the names of the stations in capital letters.