Evening star., 1932-08-21
PUBLIC LIBRARY
A Summer Book Tour.

A Summer Book Tour.
II the plans for your trip abroad
have fallen through, or your cruise
did not materialize, why not travel the
book route? Armchair travel is spon-
sored by the Public Library through
the following list
The Grand Tour.
so YOU'RE GOING TO IRELAND
AND SCOTLANDi And If I Were
Going With You These Are the
Things I'd Invite You to Do. BY
A complete guide to hotels and places
of interest in Great Britain's Celtic
states.
SEEING LONDON. BY E. M. New
man. 1882 G45LN418
The ninth volume of the authors
"traveltalk" series, copiously illustrated
concentrated and informative, told in
the vein of the popular lecture.
HOLLAND. BY Karl Schef1er. 1892.
CAST Sch2.
"An Interpretation Of Holland. its
people and its art. After a brief geo.
logical and Typographical survey of the
country the author traces the
rise Of the Dutch city and describes
the country districts and the different
schools OF Dutch painting"
TWO CANOE GYPsIEs. BY Melville
Chatter. 1882. G39C39
An 800-mile canal voyage through
Belgium. Brittany. Touraine, Gascony
and Languedoc: being an account of
backdoor life on the Bargeman's high
way.
PASSWORD TO PARIS; Advice for
the Thrifty. Bv Edward Acheson.
1882. G39P .Ac43.
A readable guide book giving de-
tailed information about the trip over
hotels, pensions and restaurants, tip
ping, shopping, week ends and other
topics of interest to the budget-watch-
ing American traveller.
BERLIN. BY Joseph Hergesheimer
1882. G47H42.
Pictures of postwar Berlin. con-
trasted with the remnants of the old
Hohenzollern regime; of the baroque
twilight Of Munich, In It's medieval de-
pressing gloom; Of Vienna, subdued
graceful and faded. and of Budapest
with its Eastern. non-European tinge
and intense romantic vitality"
OLD GLAMOURS OF NEW AUSTRIA
BY s. A. Clark. 1890. G55n.C55.
Entering by the Rhine Gate, you
are Immediately impressed by the hos
pitality and courtesy shown the tourist
"Once you are inside Austria
you may revel in a thousand delights.
urban, rustic, Alpine, without ever
crossing a frontier"
THE VIENNA THAT'S NOT IN THE
BAEDEKER. BY Ludwig Hirsch-
field. 1881. G56V.H62.
CD itc ryI,ty1,c
and prejudices. its traditions and its
picturesque personalitiest this book
provides the essential Interpretation"
DOWN THE TIsER AND UP TO
ROME. BY H. D. Eberlin and
others. 1890. G35 Eb37.
Italy viewed from its natural water
way. the Tiber. from its source to
Rome The beauty and the
perils Of the upper Tiber Valley are
described as well as the interesting
little towns along the river banks"
PORTUGAL FOR TWO. BY Lawton
Mackall. 1881. G41M19.
An enthusiastic record of the au-
thor's jaunt through Portugal. Com
plete information about the castles,
gardens. abbeys, inns and the Portu-
guese Riviera.
The Seven Seas.
ROUGH AND TUMBLE ON OLD
CLIPPER SHIPS. BY Robert Rain
say. 1890 G12R14.
Combining the enthusiasm Of youth
and the philosophy of age. Captain
Bob" has given an unvarniShed tale OF
one of the most glorious periods OF
maritime history, the era preceding the
age of steam.
LOWER CALIFORNIA: a Cruise; the
Flight of the Least Petrol. BY
Griffng Bancroft. Cos Boz.
"This Is a popular but sober ac-
count of a trip made by the author. a
specialist in ornithology, around Lower
California from Tijuana to Mexicali,
with stops at the principal centers and
various outlying islands"
WHEN YOU GO TO HAWAII. BY
Townsend Grifiss. 1880. G161 .G87.
A comprehensive guide covering geog-
raphy. history, botany, description and
general information about the Islands.
IN THE WEST INDIES. BY ]. C.
Van Dyke. 1882. G97.V2s.
Travel sketches Of the West Indies
and other islands of the Caribbean.
The dean of American art critics has
written of these lands pictorially. but !
studies the economic conditions of the
black man and the possibility of help
for him through diversified farming.
LAND OF WATER. BY
william Beebe. 1882. M269 B39.
"A series of word pictures describ-
ing the natural history of Bermuda. !
the cedars of Nonsuch and the life OF
sea and shore"
Southwark From the
Strait of Magellan. BY Rockwell
Kent. 1924. G995TK4
"The artist cruised in small sail |
boat southwark from the Strait of |
Magellan along the bleak coasts of |
TERRA del Fuego and around the
Horn - penetrating the noun
tain regions where he found uncom-