CURRENT LITERATURE.
Murray's Cyclist's Road-Book. (John Murray.)—It is to be hoped that this handy little red book will prove to be the first of a series. The present volume gives some of the principal roads from London to the sea, in the district, roughly speaking, bounded east and west respectively by Dorking and the New Forest. Each place of interest on the road is furnished with a little description, which reads like an extract from the familiar " Murray " given in miniature. The maps, also in miniature,
are wonderfully clear, and the good black print of the reading matter is a boon to a reader who wishes to refer hastily to his guide-book while by the roadside. And the little book is so flat and small that it could be quite easily carried in an outside pocket Two items of information Mr. Murray purposely neglects. These are small hills and " surface." It is essential to a cyclist to know both the state of the surface of the road and its undula- tions before he can calculate how long his ride should take him. If Mr. Murray would give these details his book would be far more valuable to the average rider. Could he not add to his list of abbreviations and put" G. S." for good surface, and "U." for undulating ?
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