Things Seen in Florence. By E. Grierson. (Seeley, Service. 3s.
6d. net.)—This little book, pleasantly written and well illustrated, deserves special commendation because it is not concerned with art galleries and churches. Nothing infuriates a modern Italian so much as the English visitor's assumption that Italy is merely a museum, interesting only for its past. Miss Grierson writes of the Florence and the Florentines of to-day, and describes the street scenes, the festivals, and the home-life, as well as the enchanting country outside the walls. She does not discuss masterpieces, but she tells women tourists to take their wraps with them when they set out at an early hour for the long and arduous pilgrimage through the Uffizi or to the Duomo and San Marco, as the great stone buildings are bitterly cold as compared with the streets. Miss Grierson is, in fact, a cheerful and helpful guide for those who do not know Florence well.
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