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Expedition Everyman. By S. B. Hough. (Hod- der and Stoughton,'3s.

6d.) Paper-backed primer on travel by small car or scooter, with caravan or tent, and invaluable to anyone trying to do Europe on the cheap, by whatever means, and especially for those doing it for the first time, and without any languages. Various recommended itineraries through France, Italy and Switzerland that can be covered in a fortnight with the smallest vehicles, and at the lowest cost, also include tips about French coffee, what picnic food to buy, and suchlike hints that even old hands will welcome.

CYRIL RAY