22 JUNE 1944, Page 16

THE authors of this gay trifle tell how, as young

girls, they crossed the Atlantic, unchaperoned, in search of Europe ; which meant reallY, in spite of halts in London and elsewhere, Paris, France. They gil.!

now their own self-importance with playful skill ; for their adventures, though many, were furious rather than fast. These included measlo on board ship, the ardours of Bloomsbury lodgings, shopping excur- sions, a visit to H. G. Wells, a trip to Hampton Court (they got caught

in the maze and overtaken by a shower). Then came the delights of Normandy, with misadventures in Rouen, then the pleasures and perils of Paris to crown all. A pleasant bed-side book, best enjoyed if not taken at a single gulp. The illustrations by Alajalov are brilliant.