27 NOVEMBER 1926, Page 26

Whether writing of a fan-tan party in Limehouse, of walking

through a tube tunnel,. or of the yellow face of Big Ben seen through the night-mists on the river, or of how omnibuses go to bed, Mr. H. V. Morton is always entertaining : he seems to have seen everything interesting and unusual in our ancient city, and although books on the subject are legion, no one should miss The Nights of London (Methuen, 3s..6d.), for it is uncommonly vivid and well written.