BOOKS ABROAD
SIR,—Contrary to Mr. R. C. Evans' experience in Holland in finding English publications so poorly represented is my experience in Belgium, where I have recently come to live. In all the bookshops here—and they are many—there is always a good display of English books and translations, from the classics to the latest novel. Since being here I have collected several books which were impossible to obtain in England. Among the most represented editions are the Penguin and the Star. T'e latter is printed solely for sale on the Continent. There are many others. When I asked a saleswoman recently who bought these English books, she told me some English residents, but mostly Belgians. I wonder why the story is so different in Holland.—Yours faithfully, 77 Rue lean Stas, St. Gilles, Brussels. ROSEMARY E. M. HOLLAND.
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