* * * * * INVESTED FUNDS - £10,000,000. _Number of Accounts_, _85,094_. TWO-AND-A-HALF per CENT. INTEREST allowed on DEPOSITS, repayable on demand. TWO per CENT. on CURRENT ACCOUNTS, on the minimum monthly balances, when not drawn below £100. STOCKS, SHARES, and ANNUITIES purchased and sold for customers. * * * * * Savings Department. Small Deposits received, and Interest allowed monthly on each completed £1. * * * * * _Telephone No. 5 Holborn_. _Telegraphic Address_: ‘BIRKBECK, LONDON.’ * * * * * The BIRKBECK ALMANACK, with full particulars, post free. FRANCIS RAVENSCROFT, _Manager_. * * * * * _Just Published_. _One Vol._, _crown_ 8_vo._, _price_ 5_s._ THE CITIES OF THE DAWN: Naples, Athens, Pompeii, Constantinople, Smyrna, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Marseilles, Avignon, Lyons, Dijon. By J. EWING RITCHIE (CHRISTOPHER CRAYON). * * * * * PRESS NOTICES. ‘Impressive descriptions of a holiday tour in the East. The little volume, which is well illustrated, will form a useful guide to travellers.’—_Daily Mail_. ‘The book is full of interest from beginning to end.’—_East Anglian Daily Times_. ‘The score of provokingly happy letters or chapters are enough to stir up the city-pent critic into viciousness.’—_Literary World_. ‘The reader may find in Mr. Ritchie’s account a freshness which is akin to novelty.’—_Essex County Standard_. ‘Lively reading.’—_Christian World_. ‘A charming little volume.’—_South Wales Daily News_. ‘The reader will find these pages full of interest.’—_Suffolk Chronicle_. ‘Brightly and freshly written narrative.’—_Globe_. ‘The book is partly intended for stay-at-home travellers.’—_The Bookman_. ‘Next best to the companionship of Christopher Crayon in making a jaunt is the opportunity of perusing his graphic reminiscences.’—_Weekly Times and Echo_. ‘The chapters on French towns are interesting.’—_New Age_. ‘For the holiday-maker the book should be a _vade mecum_, while it will appeal strongly to the stay-at-home traveller on account of the great interest of the story and the fund of information it contains.’—_Essex County Chronicle_. ‘A fresh and leading book of travel.’—_Sunday School Chronicle_. ‘A brightly written account.’—_Leeds Mercury_. ‘A perusal of the book will give great pleasure, and will lead to a second reading and a place of honour on the bookshelf.’—_Western Daily Mercury_.