The Trust Houses, Limited, issue at the nominal price of
two shillings, Tales of Old Inns ; a little volume which, by reason of its charming illustrations by Mr. W. M. Keesey, it is pleasant to possess, in addition to its being an uncommonly useful guide to finding quarters in a strange town. In fact,
our American visitors could hardly possess a better guide to some of England's representative old inns, on all of which interesting historical annotations are added. Many pleasant memories come back as we turn the pages of this book—of the 'Flying Horse' at Nottingham, of the Colchester 'Red Lion's' exquisite façade, and of that glorious specimen of the old coaching inn, the White Horse' in Dorking High Street. But would that the beauty of their exteriors bore some relation to their skill in cooking cabbage !
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