Some Books of the Week
OF the two. guide books of Czechoslovakia just issued, that by Mr. Clive Holland; Czechoslovakia (Herbert -Jenkins, 5s.), is probably the more coMPlete and careful, and • also the more conventional. It includes a short history of the country , and its commerce, and notices most of the objects of interest" which the tourist may wish to. see or the casual reader to look up. Less useful as a work of reference. Wander- ings in Czechoslovakia, by Gerald Druce (Williams and Norgate, 7s. 6d.), is somewhat less diffi, and seems to be inspired by a- genuine interest in the country and people. This difference is particularly evident in the choice of photographs in the two books ; those in the first are conventional and sometimes cloudy, while Mr. Druce's are clear, and typical of the spirit and life of the country. Each book are provided with a map, though one is not enough, but Mr. 'Mice's lacks, and badly needs, an index. * *
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