17 FEBRUARY 1933, Page 13

THE TRAMPS AS WATERWAY.

Perhaps the best things written about the Thames within the memory of most of us come from Mr. C. J. Cornish, who spent much of his life in the Thames Valley in or near London. Many of the best essays appeared in The Spectator before they were collected into The Naturalist of the Thames. He was an ardent believer in "The London Thames as a Water- way." His successors in this zeal are Mr. A. P. Herbert and Mr. J. H. 0. Bunge. No Boats on the River is a charming book and a persuasive. Everyone who read it wants to see "water 'bus" or Py-bus. Mr. Bunge, who supplied the technical details, has now put all essential practical details in a private leaflet which concerns everyone interested in the Thames. He will send it to anyone practically interested who writes to him at 8 Cleveland Road, Ealing, W. 13.

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