A Woman's Journey Round the World Alone. By Lilian Leland.
(Brentano.)—Miss Lilian Leland went round the world, and had the good sense to take two years about it. That is a point in her favour, though we are old-fashioned enough to think that such feats are not desirable. That, however, is a matter of opinion ; but that it is not desirable to write a book about the feat, if feat it is to be called, when it is done, seems to us a matter of certainty. However, here the book is, and it is only fair to say that it is written in a lively, good-humoured fashion. Miss Leland anyhow came home with a high idea of the civility of mankind. Her experiences in England were, we are glad to see, fairly satisfactory, though, oddly enough, she found it difficult to get information about railway journeys. There are railways, we know, especially those frequented by great throngs of passengers, where you may get a somewhat surly answer to a question. But the rule is far different. We have always understood that our railways contrast very favourably in this respect with those of Miss Leland's own country, the States.
Previous page
