26 APRIL 1930, Page 30

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A thousand miles by motor-boat provided the material for Mr. C. S. Forester's delightful book, The Annie Marble in Germany (Bodley Head, 8s. 6d.). We can recommend these travel sketches without hesitation. Mr. Forester captures our attention instantly and stays us with his glittering eye until the ' Annie Marble' has won her way up the Elbe and Havel to Potsdam, and has returned by the Mecklenburg Lakes to Stettin and London. There is an infectious enjoy- ment of life on every page. We want to follow in the author's wake, and he gives us every chance to do so, for there are good maps, a schedule of costs, and a variety of other useful hints.