30 JANUARY 1864, Page 20

The Brown Book for 1861. (Saunders, Otley, and Co.)—The great

feature of this work is that it gives the names of a thousand of the chief streets in London, and the receiving-house, pillar box, money-order office, commissionaire, telegraph and police station, cab stand, fire engine, fire escape and hospital, nearest to each. Whether people want this information about any other house than their own, often enough to be willing to carry about a Brown Book with them we doubt. The list of hotels, boarding, and lodging houses is a failure, as the keepers will not give the information.