So much depends on the reason a man has for
visiting Corsica, If he seek scenery he will always get that in splendid variety ; if bandits, he will never meet them if trout fishing (for some rivers hold a good head of trout), he had better ascertain as to when the pools were dynamited or poisoned last ; and if civility, he may get it in the country, but almost certainly not in the towns, where moreover they will offer third-class accommodation too often at first-class prices. There are other towns in Corsica than Calcatoggio which could be rhymed to Mala cena e peggio allogio. If the visitor is a botanist and fond of walking, he will find Miss D. Archer's Corsica : The Scented Isle, useful. It was written first in 1923 and Messrs. Methuen now publish a second and enlarged edition at 7s. 6d. * * * *
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