'_Most useful companions to the traveller._'--PUNCH.

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GRANT ALLEN'S HISTORICAL GUIDES

Fcap. 8vo (Pocket Size), Limp Cloth, Round Corners, 3s. 6d. net each

_VOLUMES NOW READY._

PARIS.
CITIES OF BELGIUM (Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, Antwerp).
VENICE.
FLORENCE.

_VOLUMES IN PREPARATION._

MUNICH.
CITIES OF NORTH ITALY (Milan, Verona, Padua, Bologna, Ravenna).
DRESDEN (with Nuremberg, etc).
ROME, Pagan and Christian.
CITIES OF NORTHERN FRANCE (Rouen, Amiens, Blois, Tours, Orleans).

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Some Opinions of the Press.

_THE TIMES_.--'Such good work in the way of showing students the right
manner of approaching the history of a great city.... The execution of
the little volumes is, on the whole, admirable.... These useful little
volumes.'

_THE GUARDIAN_.--From the point of view of really intelligent
sight-seeing, the two little volumes that have already appeared are
better than anything that we yet have; and if the holiday-maker will
only take them with him to Paris or Florence, he will probably feel that
he has learnt more of the real city than in all his former visits.

_THE SPECTATOR_.--'A visitor to Florence could hardly, we imagine, do
better than provide himself with this volume. A great amount of
matter--and good matter, too--is compressed into a small space, for the
book is light, and such as can go into a pocket of moderate capacity.
Mr. Grant Allen not only guides his reader's judgment, but disposes of
his time for him; he must not only not do much at once, but must arrange
his sight-seeing in an economical and intelligent way.'

_MORNING POST_.--'That much-abused class of people, the tourists, have
often been taunted with their ignorance and want of culture, and the
perfunctory manner in which they hurry through and "do" the art
galleries of Europe. There is a large amount of truth, no doubt, in the
charge, but they might very well retort on their critics that no one had
come forward to meet their wants, or to assist in dispelling their
ignorance. No doubt there are guide-books, very excellent ones in their
way, but on all matters of art very little better than mere indices;
something fuller was required to enable the average man intelligently to
appreciate the treasures submitted to his views. Mr. Grant Allen has
undertaken to meet their wants, and offers these handbooks to the public
at a p