toyo Tex Pouran—Dy Sydney A Gurk. Wor Nicholson Watson, swsrermans ow Tex Povwos.—By Sydney Clark, Ivor Nicholon & Watson, The "Ten Pound" series of travel books will find. ready circulation these days of wanderlust enthusiasm all over the world, and even the average Shanghailander, with his Years of travel experience' in many ands behind bien, will gladly avail himself of the greater knowledge of Continental counteles "which—Mr. Clark' #0. interestingly ™ discourses 'Upon in this new. series. Already France, Germany, Italy and Switz: Tand have been covered in the serie, and England," Spain, Norway" and' others are in course' of preparation that for the cosmopolitan resi. denis of the Model Settlement some tone or more books of the series are berlain to be of special interest and se. There is, however, much more than the utilitarian viewpoint in Mr. Clark's chapters. In his. books "on Switzerland and. Taly, he takes, his Teaders all. over these tro countries ost sympathetically, 1ookiog on. all thet is best not from the windows of the millioaire's Rolls Royce nor yet from ihe driving wheel of the baby Austin. but from "ihe second. class compartment of the iron horse, ay fable to the pocket of everyone and bby means of which one comes to see fand know £0 much more of the poor ple who are Switzerland and. Ttaly place of the reception clerks. and commissionaires of the Hotels Splen-'Gide who are, in their daily ofRclal lives atleest, in but not of the counly. Of the' two. books. now dealt swith, is no injustice to Switzerland, and it will do. its tourist. trade great harm, if it is suggested that the book on Tealy will contain the Wider "appeal. "While every page fives welcome ints and useful Me formation from the wavel aspect, i much more than an. interesting Baedecker. It gives the story of the rise of Italy since the end of the
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