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Rh progressed to warrant the appearance of several weekly and monthly organs. Naturally, however, they contain a great deal more about steam and electric vehicles than the petrol-driven types. The most important weekly is the 'Horseless Age,' published at 147 Nassau Street, New York, at the price of 10 cents. It is illustrated, but the blocks are mostly diagrammatic. Of very similar type is the 'Motor World' (price 10 cents), issued every week at 123-5 Tribune Buildings, 154 Nassau Street, New York. Another weekly, of a more popular type, is 'Automobile Topics' (10 cents), published at Park Row Building, New York.

Of American monthly organs the best is the 'Automobile Magazine' (25 cents), published at 170 Broadway, New York, It is well printed and illustrated. Other serials are the 'Automobile' (10 cents), 150 Nassau Street, New York, and the 'Motor Review' (5 cents), 395 Broadway, New York. The last-named makes a specialty of European correspondence.

But it is to the French press that the English automobilist may most profitably turn for current information such as may not be included in home publications. France supports not only several weekly automobile organs, but two dailies almost entirely devoted to automobilism and cycling, and of a totally different character from the 'sporting daily' as understood in Great Britain.

'Le Vélo' has been in existence for several years, and when the editorship came to be undertaken by M. Pierre Giffard, a prominent feuilletonist, it entered on a course of extraordinary popularity. Unfortunately, it espoused the cause of a clique set in motion against the Automobile Club de France, and that body immediately established the 'Auto-Vélo' as a daily of similar type. 'Le Vélo' is still published, however, at 2 Rue Meyerbeer, Paris. The price is 5 centimes.

'L'Auto-Vélo' (5 centimes) has been a success from the first. English automobilists who take an interest in Continental racing turn to its columns daily for the latest information, whilst it also contains the official communiqués of the French Automobile Club. The 'Auto-Vélo' organises annually numerous races and trials, and is conducted generally with great spirit. The offices are at 10 Rue du Faubourg-Montmartre, Paris.

'La France Automobile' is the most useful of the French automobile weeklies to the English reader, as it contains good illustrations of the various races and other competitions, and of new cars