26 SEPTEMBER 1925, Page 29

INTRODUCING LONDON. By E. V. Lucas. (Methuen. 2s. exl.) Tins

little guide-book is very well named It is not intended

for Londoners but for the man who is a " stranger in these parts." It is literally an introduction—not the beginning of an intimacy—and as such it is not easy for the born Londoner to judge of it. Yet we believe it would admirably serve the purpose of someone meeting London, so to speak, for the first time and intending to recollect it as a place he has met with. Such a stranger as we have imagined would owe Mr. Lucas a debt of gratitude. He might dip into the book with great pleasure from time to time, when he was turning over the photographs recording his London trip.