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introduced—lithographic views of places of interest, from drawings 
by Worsley. This book was a well-written one, and as successful 
as any of its predecessors. Five editions, at least, were printed 
between 1828 and 1843. In the last a new set of drawings took 
the place of those by Worsley. 
In 1829 Johns, of Devonport, issued another ‘‘ Tourist’s Guide,” 
which was written by John Sanford. This also contained en- 
gravings; and one of Worsley’s, which was in Carrington’s book, 
has somehow got in here also. Some little time after, the part of 
this Companion relating to the vicinity only was published sepa- 
rately, by Mr. E. Nettleton, of Plymouth. 
In 1830 a very interesting book was published, ‘‘The Plymouth, 
Stonehouse, and Devonport Directory,” by Robert Brindley, archi- 
tect and surveyor, Devonport. Besides the usual information of a 
directory it contained a chronological account of the principal 
events in the history of the towns, and a list of the mayors of 
Plymouth. 
In 1836 Nettleton’s ‘‘Guide to Plymouth, Devonport, and 
Stonehouse, and the neighbouring country,” by the late George 
Wightwick, was printed; a very nice little work, with character- 
istic engravings. 
Since this time several handbooks for the Towns and neighbour- 
hood have been written by Mr. Jewitt, Mr. Worth, and others, 
and published by Luke, Brendon, Wood, Besley, and others; but 
strangely enough none on such a scale as most of those to which I 
have referred. 
The guide-book literature is creditable to the neighbourhood. 
All that I have mentioned, with the exception perhaps of the two 
first, contain a great deal of matter of more than ephemeral 
interest, and were compiled by men whose love for their town and 
interest in their subject induced them to do something more than 
merely lend their names to a printer’s speculation. 
The publication of the handbooks of Murray and Black has to 
a great extent done away with the necessity for the more diffuse 
local guide, and as a rule the stranger to any neighbourhood 
provides himself with the means of acquiring information before 
his arrival in the locality. Still I believe that a well-written book, 
combining the handbook and the history, is a want; and that if 
undertaken now, and properly done, it would prove a commercial 
success. 
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