19 MARCH 1927, Page 37

How good a guide-book is, if only it contains enough

in for- nation to help the traveller and enough imaginative digression to amuse him and whet his appetite I A Pilgrim in Picardy Chapman and Hall, 12s. 6d.) is very good indeed, and should be added to the list of anyone who wants a change, ither of air or of light literature. Mr. Townroe includes several exciting War-stories as part of the local colour, such Charles the Pigeon " and " Alice 0.B.E. They are Indeed gems of their kind. We hope the author will give us More of them and more about France.