25 JULY 1891, Page 24

The British Road-Book, VoL I., compiled and edited by Frederic

W. Cook (C. R Shipton), appears under the auspices of the. The British Road-Book, VoL I., compiled and edited by Frederic W. Cook (C. R Shipton), appears under the auspices of the. " Cyclists' Touring Club." Cycles of two wheels and three have given a new life, so to speak, to regions which were deserted by all but local traffic. Places once familiar as half-way houses and stages, then forgotten when the coaches were taken off, are now again well known. Hence the need of such a volume as this. It treats of the "Southern Counties, Kent to Cornwall." As far as we have been able to test the information, it is correct. —With this may be mentioned the Handy Volume Atlas of London (George Philip and Son), containing more than sixty plates and an elaborate index.