21 MAY 1927, Page 18

'The Blue-Eyed Maid ' in Southwark, ' Rule's ' in

Maiden Lane. the famous 'Kentish Drovers,' and the 'Prospect of Whitby; 'Five Bells and Blade Bone," Grave Maurice' and 'Bombay G.-ab,' all in or near Dockland, are a few of the old drinking- houses in London described shortly by Mr. H. E. Popham in The Guide to London Taverns (Claude Stacey, Ltd. 2s. 6d.). From our own limited experience of London taverns this is a guide that can be trusted.