THE FACE OF LONDON By Harold P. Chinn
As a storehouse of information about Greater London; past and present, Mr. Harold P. Clunn's substantial volume, The Face of London (Simpkin Marshall, 7s. 6d.), outdistances all rivals. He describes the City and the County street by street, tells us how the place-names and street-names arose ; gives the date at which this road or that building was completed, and altogether shows an extensive and peculiar knowledge of his immense subject that would have impressed even the younger Weller. He deals with London proper in twenty-five walks, and then takes five drives into the suburbs and the " outlying dormitories " as far as Brighton, Southend, Hertford and Windsor. His 560 closely and well-printed pages are illus- trated with 200 modern photographs and old views, well chosen and most interesting. And all this is to be had for the price of a novel. Mr. Chinn and his publishers deserve well of the public for producing so instructive and useful a book, and for providing it with a really excellent index.
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