31 JULY 1926, Page 17

"John O'LondOn ". has made a charming compendium in London

Stories (Newnes, 2s.) of amusing information about " Old Q.," who sat on the balcony of 188 Piccadilly scanning the pretty women who passed while his groom Jack Radford waited on 'horseback below to carry messages to those who pleased His Grace; of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, who dropped his reputed customers down a trap door and converted them intcimutton pies, of the Three Tailors-of Tooley Street, who began a petition to Parliament : ""We, the people of England," and other entertaining or shocking things. Even if we have 'read the most of it before, it still makes us smile.