New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Books Of Travel m England, y,
France, Spain and Other I.,aDa,,
Valuable Series of Descriptive Works presen..
Colorful Picture of characteristics ~Sell'S
of Various Countries
By Samuel Abbott

| LONDON AND PARIS BY q. e. Milton
and Margery Williams
SCOTLAND ho1 ! AND. AND IRELAND. BY Eliza
ENGLAND AND WALES BY John Fin
nemore and p, M. Wilmot- Buxton
i CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND By
/ j. 7. Bealby and Ford Fairford.
SWEDEN AND FINLAND. BY the Rev.
William Liddle and Mrs. Liddle ana NJ
! Pearson Thomson.
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL BY Faith A.
sTowns nsSy1s,s,, ana ao,AIs Agnes n doodsil The
II r NDER the ge.>eral title, Peeps
u at Many Lands, group Of
V valuable little books on
European and other countries
is to be published this spring and
summer. The tide of foreign travel is
setting in and Indications point to a
very considerable exodus of Ameri-
cans to Europe. The well printed,
beautifully illustrated and informa-
tive books of this set should find
hooks for themselves in many trunk
and satchel.
The six numbers Of Peeps at Many
LaAas now before us begin with Lon
don and Paris. In this book. with
maps Of the two cities appearing on
the insides of the covers, are chap
ters by G. E. Milton and Margery Will
hams. Each author opens with few
pages of Impressions, one presenting
London as seen from the Thames and
the other Paris and the early picture
Of the city as gathered from the
Seine and ths surrounding country.
Legends, picturesque bits Of history.
vivid descriptions of streets and
famous buildings, fill this couple of
Interesting and up-to-date travellers
friends.
The second in the six, that on Scot
land and ireland, is by Elizabeth
Grlerson and the well known Rather
me lyman. The two countries make
splendid ,foils, in scenery and people,
and the cooperating writer's have con-
trlved to get considerable amount of
color into their respective chapters.
The illustrations in color are repro
ductlons of paintings by artists of
standing, as are many of the pictures
IN the other books of this series.
John Finnemore commences his chan
ters on England, in England and
Wales, with brief glance over Lon
don and "old father Thames" Then
he takes us with him to Canterbury.
the cathedral town, to Wessex.
Shakespeare's country, and then
through a sauntering journey over
daies and fields, by fen and river. An
unusually delightful introduction to
the gentler aspects of England.
Rugged, romantic Wales is covered
by e. M. Wilmot- Buxton. The FAST
nesses, the sources of twinkIine
streams, the shores Of the sea, the
colorful legends of this individual mart
OF Great Britain, are treated in an
attractive, personal manner. Wales is
historically provincial. One can get
oack into past almost immemoriel
within her retreats, and this book is
lure that draws one to her haunts.
Ihere is particularly fine reproduc-
tlon OF Sutton Palmer's painting. The
wye Near Rhayader, in this book. IT 4
is suggestive of spots in the Adiron-
dacks.
Coming across The Atlantic to Eng
lands possessions in North America.
there is volume for Canada and New
foundland in this sextet. Written bv
). L. Bealby and Ford Fairford. II has
an appeal for Englishmen as we'll a,
Aherlcans, Tor to many man of the |
BRITISH Isles Newfoundland is "less
Known and understood than anv of
England's oversee possessions" Sin,i- |
laritIes to our own history and climatic
condltlons, especially in our Northern
states, come to light often in +bis
book. Now that many men and women
OF the United States are taking a more !
intimate interest in Canada, this guide
TO her past story and to her wonderful
natural resources and beauty should
be widely read.
The austere grandeur of Sweden and
Finland, as well IS their areas of sub- |
dued loveiiness, is delineated in tba
NTH of the Peeps at Manv lands
series. In addition to explicit ehanters
on cities, towns and main lines If
travel, there are pages on customs
legends and old fairy tales, of rare
fascination. Finland has a LANGUAGE
OF curious beauty and storehouss of
folklore of significance. A country
that has produced the KaIeva,a and
tne modern musical composer SibeIius
can claim seag among the elect of
lnsplrational nations. 1t is g pleasure
to note how much of the sniritua1 /
values OF Sweden and Finland get be-
tween the covers of this book.
The next and last fellow in this I;tt,s
out important group of guide hooks
Is that on Spain and Portugal bv Edith
A. Browne and Agnes M. GoodalI. Tho
prevailing motif of the other five in
the six has controlled the writing Of
TINS artistic binocular treatment of
the 1berian peninsula. Yet there arc
more dashes of brilliant color spread
on the canvas of the narrative bv the
brushes of romance than there are IN
the preceding volumes. In no other
little book that we know of ia tbare
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