OLD BOSTON TAVERNS. By DrakeWatkins. W. A. Butterfield.. Boston, 1917.

ONLY recently Young's Hotel and the Adams House, almost the last of Boston's hotels of distinctive character, closed their doors. Only a little less recently, a new Ritz-Carlton and a new Statler opened theirs, alike in name, menu, and bath room fixtures to a dozen other Statlers and Ritz-Cartons in a dozen other cities.

And now, appropriately, this book on "Old Boston Taverns" issued by Butterfield's Bookshop on Bromfield street, has come to our attention. From its many illustrations and anecdotes, you can learn of long forgotten Red Lions, Greyhounds, Cromwell's Heads, and Green Dragons of Boston. A map, too, marks their sites. But do not try to seek them out. For with the recent demolition of the Sun Tavern and the Three Mariners the last of Boston's old taverns have gone. Now their place is taken by Waldorf Lunches, Chain cigar shops, and five-and-ten cent stores. And the taverns of old may only be found inside the covers of a book. W. I. N.