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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Jan 1928, p. 23

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Br A... L Wlaibuck that no one ...cares to · : . ~) r. · · <~. · ~~!li~ i~&unt of , 1 · lf uch as W'ten m&de of "lt'ir~si e liVtt11 Powell s ' Travelling." There are two alternato tile Peacock . , tives in reading at home : either one the record <?f a nomad tr1~e s ' . expects to see the places one is reading for forage, ts most, engrossmg. ··about; or, one never expects to see yond Khyber ~ass tells of : the places. European and Round-the- known Afghamstan; ~ . world cruises are in the first African books always seem in violent : Antarctic and jungle expeditions in with those on Asia. "South second. _ Africans," .by Sir .h Millin, is an inBooks on European scenes and peo- ==-~~--~.,.._-------...,...,,------------.....---:----:------ pie are a light to our path, and a happy remembrance when we return. A series 'of . guidebooks of inestimable value (outside of Muirhead's Blue' books) 'are Clara E. McLaughlin's SO You're Going Series- to Paris, England, Italy, France. Edward Verrall Lucas · has written the Wanderer books-in London, Paris, Venice and elsewhere that· are charming and informative. Harry A. Franck has trampled through . .. almost every country in the world, and . .. for accurate information hard to beat. A number of books that give the . .. atmosphere and feeling of England . .. are: Charles Brook's "Threads of an · English Road," and "Roundabout to . · Canterbury"; Hudson's "Afoot in . . . England," that so delightfully covers ._. out-of-the-way corners; Tomlinson's . . . "Foreshore of England," and Quen- . _ . nell's "History of Everyday Things in - : . England." The last should be read at . . . all costs. · Romance is indissolubly connected with London. There is a huge library written on it alone. But two books that serve as introductions are Gordon's Rambles in Old London and Tomlinson's London River. After we think of England, we think of France. There is a wealth of material both on the cities and the countryside with its legends and folklore. Robson's Wayfarer in Provence treats of that little known section, while Henry James' Tour of France is a charming and valuable book. Henry Adams wrote Mont St. Michel and Chartres, a brilliant book that should be read before and after one's visit to the cathedral. anyw~ere Chi~~~~· Central Europe has been neglected since the war, but there are an in' , ' "'·~ ... 'i creasing number of travellers who desire to see it. A charming and unconventional account of a corner of Czechoslavakia is Baerlin's "Over the . . Hills to Ruthenia." McBride's "Towns and People of Modern Germany," is represen;tatit~e very good, so is Rimington's uMotor Ramble Through Central . Europe." uA Wayfarer in Hungary," by Birming·obligat~. . ham, is written with humor and acute.ness. Italy and Spain are lands of romance, sunlight and color. Howell's "Venetian Life" is a delightful book that has not been superseded. Havelock Ellis has written a penetrating book called the .. Soul of Spain," and akin to it is "Andalusia," by Somerset Maugham. ,.R~t J?at- ta ~ .SpaiD,". . by. McCormach, JS delightful,· Ucl the' new mecca for globe-trotter· '-rhe Balearic Islands," is covered by Chamberlin. Men and women have been fired with a longing to see Asia and Africa! ' There is s~ething in the names that sends a thrill along ·our spine. Few of us actually see the interior of either contin t. Sven Hedin's uMy Life as an ExJio~er" is a succession of thJfll-· ing a~~-es, e~pes and remarkable ; expl01t1 . fir cea.trlf · Aa k Olap·man ... mend ·: _Qobi l· . desert iq;: · bQok· ·ll()o tile !'hit of :Ancient an" and ,.Aeross Mongolian . Plains." The discovery of the Dinosaur eggs will not soon be forgotten. t A poetic interpretation of China is · . ;t · Floor-o -·teUm "THE STORE THAT FLOORS THE NATION" A Tremeadous elll Thou ands ol Y EVERY DESIGN and COLOR in A JANUARY. EVENT that we have never been able to offer before and we do not believe you can dqpli~ . : · · ··cate this value in. . ·.··:;: ...,. ~: Our ti,ill call and give estimates withOut M j GREENLEAF IMI Jlrys~tJttgtl's - ~nese ·~ MtrrOY,· and

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