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and persistence who is smashing the ancient
and honorable woman tradition to Smithereens.
Incidentally she is seeing a host of things
that the average male explorer passes by.
Little points serve here to carry many i'm
portant one across Many observations on
the natives and their ways are delightfully."-
original and illuminating. capable and
conscientious traveller delivers a solid budget
of fresh news for the benefit of the growing
host Of book travellers
SEEING ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. BY
E. NJ. Newman author of Seeing Italy"
etc. ILLUSTRATED from original photographs.
New York: Fink & Wagnalls Co.
Simple announcement serves abundantly in
respect to this book and its author. Another
Newman travel book is ready for readers.
DOWN THE TIBER AND UP TO ROME BY
Harold Donaldson Eberlein. Godfrey j.
Marks, Frank A. Wallis Illustrated by
Frank Wallis. Philadelphia: ]. B. Lip
pincott Company.
Sounds a half-tone out of key to be riding
the noble Tiber in an odd modern contrap-
ton, "a black rubber canoe" But that was
the way of it. Out of the vicissitudes of this
river faring there were innumerabe happen
ings on Theirs bank stream by way OF
which finely appreciable part of Italy-itS
wayside pictures of mountain and valley and
hill town, its friendly people in their own
setting-climbed over canoe-Side, "black rub
Der canoe" at that, to go along to Rome with
these hilariousy gay river men. Lovely in
pleasure taking that is not trying to be
something else
THIN AIR: A Himalayan Interlude BY Con-
stance Bridges. Decorations by Ronald
Belfour. New York: Brewer & Warren
Good travel incident. Fine word pictures
With these go story, mystery tale at that,
plausfbly conceived action based largely on
AtrwI1G a. .s-BBz
mixed up together. 1t you are inclined to be
shade captious you will ask why the author
didn't do either one thing or the other-have
picturesque and competent travel account on
the one hand or, on the other an absorbing
mystery suitable for the unusual locale The
blend Is not so inspired, not so workmanly as
one wishes it were.
UNITED STATES COAST PILOT: Atlantic
Coast: Sandy Hook to Cape Henry; Includ-
Ing Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. 1890.
Washington: United States Government
Printing Office
Mapped and otherwise adequately docu-
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edge
THE CARLSBAD OF AMERICA Bedford Pa
Bedford Springs Publishing Co.
full description of the facilities offered by
the Penn State health and pleasure resort.
Natural scenery, medicinal properties of the
waters, accommodations provided. These with
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