19 NOVEMBER 1943, Page 22

A Picture Book. By Frank O'Connor. Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers.

(Curda Press. zos.)

Now that Ireland or Eire is inaccessible to most of us, we are able to prize nearer their true value the beautiful productions of the Cuala Press, of which this is one. It is good to see that the Press still flourishes and maintains its high standard. This delightful book of travel in Eire will deepen our nostalgia for that beautiful country, as it has the real flavour of the land and the people. The line drawings of Elizabeth Rivers have a spare sureness of hand and an imaginative rightness as well as being unusually, in place with the typography. Altogether a charming book and well worth the price for its quality.