12 JULY 1902, Page 24

London and its Leaders. By Douglas Sla.den. (Sands and Co.

ls.)—This is a guide to social London and to the London of sightseers. Much in it would have seemed strange matter for pub- lication to our grandfathers,—" Leading Entertainers," "Leading Ladies of the Court," Fee. But this is "the way we live nowf-and Mr. Douglas Sladen is as good a prophet of the new order of things as we can expect to find.