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    Itogast i, i88s The Publishers' Circular...

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    Guide-Books. 'Travelling,' Wrote Lord Ch...

    both work by wh land ile and the water all-important have been subj embodied ect of in hot the el , is fulltreatedthe Handbook

    accommodation y . In ' for Travellers in Ireland' facilities a similar for arrangement the is

    followed affording equal guidance and comfort , " of travellers . A most commendable feature in the volume is a large supply of distinct

    The travelli names ng maps of places of different have been quarters carefull of y the revised country by . scholarwhich will be well

    a Celtic , an advantage appreciated with by those the difficulties who have of been accustomed in such

    to grapple variety spellings After . its nourishing life , extending over so many

    jears readers , it of certainl Black y ' s seems ' Picturesque unnecessary Tourist to of remind Scotland our ' we ( A . have & C . the Black twenty , Edinburg -fifth edition h ) . Before ( 1885 ) us of , this however popu- ,

    lar work , and we are heartily glad to welcome it , and to see that year after year it marches abreast of the times in regard to the spirit and requirements

    of rising generations . Very few there are who have wandered , on pleasure bent , in the land of the mountain and the flood , who will fail to remember

    with kindly feelings the use of the * Picturesque Tourist . ' At the present time its information seems to be fully up to date : the maps and plans are as

    good and as plentiful as ever ; and the guide shows every other sign of having a long lease of lusty life .

    Messrs . Black have also brought up to date their admirable its nineteenth ' Tourists edition ' Guide ( 1885 to ) . Ireland The p , ' lan which adopted is in

    with that shown the descri in the ption Scottis of Ireland h book . is much It is full the of same well as - compiled and readily available information , with

    numerous Of the maps well and -edited plans county , and an guides ample , index issued . by Messrs 'Black ' . s Black Guide , we to have the on Counties our table of new Leicester editions and of

    _Butland _'; ' Black ' s Guide to the County of Sussex aid the County its Watering of Gloucester Places ' ' ; These and ' Black works ' s represent Guide to

    . * relating n extensive to the series counties of of very Eng handy land . little volumes Black

    n _. ork its ' is tenth in ' s Guide edition to ( 1885 the Channel ) . As is - Islands well known ' appears , the

    work * published , some by respects MrD , an T abstract Ansted of the the editor larger

    _«* Ihe _& r . R numerous . G . Latham visitors , F . . R . . to S . . the favourite _, seaside ,

    _» ** u _>* to of to equi the p west themselves coast of with Eng the land same should firm not ' s

    _wuoe _ff the year Isle may of be Man obtained , ' of which . an edition of the ' Guide to _London and its Environs

    m / m ! ' Guide to Manchester and Salford' issued ' i of form _um 3 in Iorn e ? 1 S _* at , a Black ion - _Very , plans ' comP are iQ re and hensive their illus ei _S trations work hth editions , with the , . p latter lenty The

    J C _mating book _bu \ Ifc t n 0 W H m ttle * _J P be volume lish mentioned , about > fuU fifty of that interesting different Messrs ; . guide infor A . & - -

    * hich * _mT V Va _faniilia 5 . . P r arts of the covers United of the Kingdom books , are in rerv a green _U

    whi _* erv _Y h _^ _uen ! _ ! _* _l- T * y N Publications S el een 8 ° . _n & Son for send tourists us a number The views of

    ° * c b ilU ound m rb & - flh rS ' ? beau elson tiful issue little in illuminated volumes . are packets very > 0 tradethe most

    * _^ ° _& bl a e _chT _flL * 1 _* of ° _^ _the lvenirs fteason , as . being wel Tourists 1 among trustworthy find these

    _&& dttXM * _no * _* _. _Htfo ] _Sh P pket contains » as twelv as e exquisite L _Written _inniS _^ kic viewsaccompanied with a

    well-| _^_^ _^^ d guide- , book . Messrs . Nelson _^ ¦¦¦ ik _^ M _^ i _. i . ' " »

    have production decidedl of y found souvenir a place guides for , themselves which embod by y the so

    many useful and beautiful characteristics . We have to acknowledge the following examples in packets : — ' The City of Edinburgh and its Environs' ( two

    series ) , ' Loch Lomond , ' ' Trosachs and Loch Katrine , ' ' Lakes of Killarney' ( two series ) , ' Isle of Wight' ( two series ) , and 'The Island of

    Jersey handsome . ' The little latter volume we also , and obs in erve the in same an extremel form we y would direct attention to 'The Souvenir of the

    Highlands , ' a beautiful book containing no fewer than 24 chromo views of the Trosachs , Loch Katrine , and Loch Lomond—perhaps the most lovel

    of Scottish scenery . y ranges Few persons in the course of rapid railway travelling can hope to learn anythingby personal

    observation , of the districts and towns , through which they pass . It seems , therefore , that a signal service has been rendered to the travelling public

    by the issue of works such as * The Official Guide to the Midland Railway , ' ' The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway , ' and ' The Official Guide

    to the London & North-Western Railway . ' These books which directly meet the essentialities of modern travellingare published by Messrs . Cassell

    & Co ., Limited . , Guide-books of this description are only a recent invention , yet in the skilful hands of the producers they are already familiar as old

    favourites . They follow the lines of the various railways , describing vividly their picturesque and interesting localities . The illustrations are

    abundant , modern , and of unusual merit , while the maps are clear and useful . No traveller on the respective lines should begin his journey without a copy .

    Another new departure , or rather the revival of an old institution , appears in the production of books suitable for cyclistswho in these times have

    re-awakened not a Httle , of the bustle which was wont to stir the Queen ' s highway in ancient coaching days . Road-books are again in vogue , and

    becoming as popular as ever they were before railways were known . At present we have before us * The Roads of England and Wales' an itinerary for

    cyclists , tourists , and travellers , by , Charles Howard see ( Letts that , Son the , & work Co . has , Limited reached ) . a We fourth are edition gratified . It to

    is , in every respect , a most useful compilation , containing an original description of the contour and surface , with mileage , of the main ( direct and

    principal ones ) roads in England and Wales , and part of Scotland . The maps are admirable . Much information respecting the * sihts ' on the roads is supplied

    in a concise formwhile g other details of practical importance to cyclists , are abundantly given , making the book a most desirableipossession for the modern

    knig In hts a of less the iron le horse but still and the a road . useful form is ampvery the work by the same author , entitled The Handy

    Co Route ., Limited Book ) . of England The book and will Wales be in ' three ( Letts , parts Son , , of & which easilcarried the first in the has pocket just been and issued in a compact . It may form be

    gives y quite a store of useful , notes for attractive routes . Part I . deals with southern England , for which a reliable road map is supplied . Besides

    these works , Messrs . Letts also issue some excellent maps Visitor suitable s to the for Lakes cyclists will and find tourists the best generall counsel y . in

    by the Henry * Practical Irwin Guide Jenkinson to the , English F . R . G . S . Lake , which District is now , '

    in Edward its ei Stanford ghth edition . Mr , . Jenkinson the publisher is an experienced being Mr . writer of works of this description ; and the

    pleasant _, way in which he escorts us through the

    beauti 111 ¦ es of a ' charming ' district ' could ' hardl ' y ' '' ex- ¦¦ " 91

    Itogast I, I88s The Publishers' Circular...

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1885, page 685, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081885/page/5/