The Archive · 1933

A TRAVEL BOOK Worn a Passvorr Axe Two Eves—By

7 er "Buckley. Husteated. Hut ehinson, London. 12/6.

"With a Passport and Two Eyes" is a novel kind of travel book, "Me. be Buckley takes one round the world, from the Australian Bush to Sovi Russia; from th f an Indian Prince to a Hollywood Studi from Japan to Vienna. One enjo} his remarks, as they are the kind of remarks 6 should have thought} of oneself when. deseribin one's feelings as a tourist. He ma feel that his book could have written by oneself, because his ideas are the sort of ideas that} should strike the everyday travel-

perhaps in an intimate letter. His ler, but never reach paper, except descriptions have all the gaiety and enthusiasm of youth, his comments are shrewd and his' anecdotes humerous. The book is well illustrated with photographs taken by the Author and there is an index for reference purposes. This book be confidently recommended as refreshment, It also might be very fol to anyone wishing to go to jenna, Berlin or Petrograd, as it the gui. One can read of ives hints that are not found in

how to enjoy the best that Holly. wood offers, or how to behave one ever has the fortune to be the guest of an Indian Rajah, or even what the tourist has to suffer in Soviet Russia, where the author! with a conducted party at fixed price, including food, starved with his companions in case the lunch was poisoned, while the Russian conductress ate for twenty, never having seen such luxuries in her young life—on.v.s. existence of a fact. Aiud though it seems so poor a thing to those who establishment of our civilisation. Nevertheless, while it is not possible to agree with Mr. MeCabe in his far-reaching conclusions, it has to be admitted that the book is, well written and a very considerable inventive to thought—R1.P.-C.

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