Several books which have to do with travel in one
way or another may be mentioned together. These are :—Mexico : a Handbook for Travellers. By T. Philip Terry. (Gay and Hancock. 12s. net.)—This handbook is constructed on the model made familiar by the admirable " Baedeker," to which due acknow- ledgment is made by the author as being that which he has imitated.—"The Queen" Newspaper Book of Travel, Compiled by the Travel Editor (M. Hornsby) (Horace Cox, 2s. 6d. net), described as " A Guide to Home and Foreign Resorts."—Next, with more of a literary character about it, we have Motor Tours in the West Country, by Mrs. Rudolf Stawell (Hodder and Stoughton, Gs. net). Mrs. Stawell has made her mark already in this kind of literature by similar books about Wales and Yorkshire. This time she visits Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, starting from Bristol, going by Wells and Glastonbury, and crossing the Devonshire border between Crewkerne and Sidmouth. The route lies first across Devon, then along the South Coast, South Cornwall, North Cornwall, and North Devon. The book is well illustrated, and the traveller who may he disposed to journey in this way will find this a useful guide. He will be told what places to see, and how he is to get to them.—If any one should wish to extend his travels abroad, let him read Through the French Provinces, by Ernest Peixotto (T. Werner Laurie, 10s. enl. net). Hero both the motor-car and the motor-boat are called in to help. The traveller goes up the Oise and down the Seine, and he rides to Nemours, Chartres, and along the valley of the Loire. Other places of interest are described, the author using both pea and pencil, and giving us a very agreeable volume.—Finally, we have some of " Grieben's Guides," Translated into English (Williams and Norgate, 3s. net per vol.) These are The Rhine, The Lakes of North Italy, and Norway and Copenhagen. They are of a most convenient shape and can be easily carried in the pocket, and they contain all the information which a traveller is likely to want. It is a curious thing that Scandinavian travelling is now the most expensive of the three of which details are given, the highest figure being 22s. 6d. per day. We see that the compiler of the Italian "Guide" thinks it necessary to warn the traveller against having unnegotiable money palmed off upon him at railway stations. Such a thing is impossible in England.
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