Tim Moron Pucasumes or Lire Selected and Arranged by Rose Macaulay.
Gollancz, London. 1/8. forms a realistic picture of the in~ security of life away from civitization in these remote and wild regions of Mongolie.
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The selector and compiler apologizes in her preface to this book that she had been unable to include the fav~ eurite pleasures of all between tue overs; that the book may seem to: be. disproportionately—seventeenth, century; and that she had at times preferred translations by lesser-known persons to those of celebrities. Reed not have done so, however. Mar Macaulay's sense of humour is as w: known as her erudition, and the combination of the two which she his exercised in making her choice of excerpts from many authors to make up. this volume makes the whole really delightful browsing. The word browsing is used advisedly in preference to reading, for many of th: selections are very brief. They, for all that, touch the spot. They' are divided under a number of headings to suit the mood—Agreeable Encoun: ers, Authorship, Bathing, Being Flattered, and such like, The result is that, the browser can turn from one section to another as he feels inclined with a certainty that he will come across some tit-bit that has made his trouble worth while. While most of the famous writers of the world are represented in this book, perhaps its greatest appeal lies in the sel: tions. from those more obsclure—at least to the average browser. This is an altogether pleasant volume to possess.
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