In no year previous to 1915, the road roads movement showed a greater development. There is hardly a State in the popular touring sections that has not added hundreds of miles to the total of State and country roads. All of these new roads covered personally during the past year by B.B. Field scouts, appear in the new books, ready for the 1916 tourists. That motor touring on the largest scale in history will be had during the coming year is the general belief of the publishers, as borne out by the fact that they have published almost double the quantity of Blue Books that were put on the market in 1915. The same opinion has been universally expressed by other authorities in the automobile world. This feeling of confidence seems to be well founded by the following factors: the probability of the war in Europe continuing at least throughout the summer will still prevent the wealthier class of car owners from going abroad; the tremendous increase in the output of pleasure cars compared with previous years; the sudden wealth that has poured into this country directly due to the war and its demand upon our industries has rent thousands of new spenders.

An increasing demand for an accurate road guide in the Southeastern States was the main cause for the building of an entire new volume in this section for 1916. It covers the main highways south of the Mason and Dixon Line and east of the Mississippi River, and though the youngest of the Blue Book family, it is undoubtedly the most attractive with scores of half-tone illustrations.  The pages of the route matter showing the prospective traveler typical scenes to be found around the route. This volume appeared on the market the first of March, and is proving most popular and a notable one in the Southern car. It is by the wealthy North that the Southern car enters who sojourn in the South during the winter months. 