COGHLAN's Pocket Picture of London is a cheap and neatly
got up little book, conveniently arranged as regards reference, and clear enough as far as it goes; but it is a mere compilation, by a mere craftsman, drawn frog very obvious sources, and not tested by any kind of knowledge. In the list of Antiquities, for instance, he omits all mention of Crosby Hall, but tells us that "on No. 9, Newgate Street, is a stone figure of Guy Earl of Warwick, whose house stood near this spot." In his enumeration of the Courts of Law, he omits all mention of the Court of Ex. chequer; and (which is strange for an old Guide-book-maker) Iis list of the Clubhouses is incomplete, and he enumerates the titles of several wkhout saying where they are situated. We find still some of the old recommendatory leaven in Mr. COGHLAN. There are no less," he tells us, " than six hundred inns and Caverns and live hundred coffeehouses in London." Of such a number it would be " unnecessary " to give even a list ; but he cannot, however, omit particulwrly mentioning CHAPLIN'S Spread Eagle Hotel and Tavern, Gricechurch. Street,:" after which follows above a page expository of its advantages. We may ob- serve too, by way of caution to strangers, that some of Mr. Cooneee's estimates for expenditure appear underrated.
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