24 APRIL 1926, Page 25

This rather prim and demure little guide is admirably cheap

and small, fitting any purse and any pocket : it is adequate

on the history of the city and of its monuments and does not attempt too much : notably, it is cautious to the point of reticence about places to stay in, outside of the leading well-known hotels. Perhaps what one misses in it is any special feeling for the French genius in general and for Paris in particular. But many English readers will thereby be spared disappointment which would be theirs if invited to' enjoy what to them makes no appeal.