Sul,—As a Michelin guide enthusiast, one of my most cherished
pos- sessions is the last edition of the Great Britain guide, which is dated July, 1930. It was a stop-gap edition, as some of the town-plans were badly printed, and a special notice at the beginning of the guide announced that " insistent demands for an up-to-date volume have led us reluctantly to offer a limited number of the best copies at the tempor- arily reduced price of 3s." (Think of it !).
I always understood that these ingenious guides were the special hobby of M. Michelin, and that they ceased publication on his death as they were not a paying proposition. Certainly their clever system of routes and mileages have never been equalled in any other road
book that 1 know of.—Yours faithfully, E. F. TURNER. Reydon, Purley Bury Avenue, Sanderstead, Surrey.
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