on the copyright page sets the tone: This is an impartial guide. Our visits to loos have been anonymous. We have not declared ourselves even after making use of the establishment's facilities. Nor have we at any time accepted hospitality, but paid cash for all chargeable facilities we have used. Loos are rated by the application of stars, three-star establishments being "worth travelling out of your way to experience". The illustrations are numerous as well as convenient, with Glashan's characters (typically bearded men) experiencing various adventures and misadventures. In the "completely new & revised" edition of 1968, more is included, and ten establishments earn a new award, the "Good Loo Royal Flush". Two decades later, Routh (but not Glashan) would re-examine this issue with the Initial Good Loo Guide, on which see below. The Good Cuppa Guide The Good Cuppa Guide: Where to Have Tea in London, published in 1966, was "blended" by Routh and "milked and sugared" by Glashan. The format and charm (and, in its day, usefulness) are those of the Good Loo Guide. Providers of cuppas are rated with a maximum of five stars. Guide Porcelaine to the Loos of Paris Its title echoing that of the Guide Michelin, Guide Porcelaine to the Loos of Paris (1966) was similar to the London guide but additionally provided convenient phrases for the nervous British tourist. An example: "Donnez-moi les ordres simples pour atteindre le pissoir le plus pres d'ici; et, s'il vous plait, sans les gesticulations sauvages et tumultueuses", i.e. "Please direct me to the nearest loo in simple terms and without waving your hands in too dangerous a manner." A French translation also appeared: Guide porcelaine des "lieux" de Paris (Editions de la Jeune Parque, 1967). The Better John Guide Unlike the three-and-sixpenny (3s 6d, 17½p) booklets described above, The Better John Guide: Where to Go in New York (New York: Putnam, 1966) was a $2.50 hardback. Written with Serena Stewart, it had "graffiti" by Glashan, largely recycled from the "convenient" illustrations of The Good Loo Guide. Some of the text was recycled too — understandably so, as neither work was likely to have been known in the other city. Art Routh also painted for many years, concentrating on depicting the Queen Victoria of his imagination and nuns, as he claimed to be unable to paint faces, arms or legs. He exhibited regularly in Jamaica, Italy and the