29 APRIL 1893, Page 11

Paddles and Politics down the Danube. By Poultney Bigelow. (Cassell

and Co.)—Mr. Bigelow went down the Danube from its source to its mouth. He saw many cities and many men, though how far he, learnt their thoughts must be doubtful. The Magyar ladies seem to have pleased him particularly. They speak three languages at least, sing, keep house to perfection, and dress so well that the "fashionably dressed dames of Piccadilly and Fifth

Avenue "—it is necessary here to quote our author's exact words —" appear dowdy" compared with them.