PARIS FOR THE POCKET.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 56, 15 September 1928, Page 21

PARIS FOR THE POCKET.

"Brevity- and portability" (as the author explains) are the main features of "The Waistcoat-pocket Guide to Paris," by Leonard Williams, published by the Bichard's Press, London. It measures 3'Jin x 2|in, and is 3-Bin thick, 260 pp., and quite conveniently can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. As strangers to Paris well know, it is awkward, possibly even risky, to bring out and study a guide book in certain of the streets of Paris, and to consult a map, specially in windy weather, is a bit of a nuisance. It is remarkable what a lot of useful information is compressed into this tiny guide-book. French money, weights and measures, classified lists of hotels and pensions, from thoso of do luxo to quite moderate tariffs; addresses of British and American Embassies, Consulates, doctors, lawyers, and business houses are given with addresses of British places of worship, and notable French and American churches; a.wealth of information about the art collections, theatres, concert and music halls, public buildings, and notable places like the Tuilleries Gardens, Pere-la Chaise, the Luxembourg, Versailles, Sevres, Fontainebleau, Barbizon, Vincennes, and the wooded reaches of the Seine. A map of Paris goes with the guide. One such little guide to London would be very useful for visitors from New Zealand, especially those with slender means.