Scotland, Picturesque and Traditional. By George Eyre-Todd. (Cassell and Co.)
—Mr. Eyre-Todd tells us that he has actually
visited, " with staff and knapsack," all the region which he de- scribes. Melrose and Inverness are the limits which he gives ; but his actual journeyings included part of the west coast, Skye and Staffa among the islands, and Loch Maree on the mainland.
He has written a very pleasant and readable account of his wan- derings, and a tourist who should follow his route would not fare
ill. One must be young, and not afraid of a night sub dive, to
enjoy wandering " down moonlit straths " in search of a hostelry , while as for the "knocking about in baggage-trains," Scotch officials must be more accommodating than English. who positively refuse to let a passenger travel by a goods'-train. The reader, then, will be so far on his guard ; otherwise, he cannot do better
than study this volume some winter evening, with the map at his side, make notes, and follow the route thus made out when cir- cumstances permit.
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