* * Local patriotism in London, where every borough jostles
every other across purely artificial boundaries, is notoriously hard to foster, and I have watched with admiration the work the Borough Librarian of St. Pancras i doing in the twopenny monthly journal which he edits for the Borough Council in familiarising his readers with notable events in the history of St. Pancras or the notable men who have lived there. Much of the most recent issue is devoted to an excellent article on John Constable, who, it appears, lived for several years at 'different addresses in Charlotte Street. G.B.S. has already been dealt with, and next month attention is to be given to Coleridge, who ended his days in the home of Dr. Gillman at Highgate. How all this—in the true spirit of "The Napoleon of Notting Hill "—would have pleased G.K.C.
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