ALTHOUGH Meet the British is primarily intended as a guide
for Americans in 'England, it is a certainty that its most fervent readers will be the English rather than the Americans. One idiosyncrasy of the British character not dwelt on by the three authors of this little book is the almost morbid pleasure the British take in examining their own idiosyncrasies. Watch the fanatical gleam in an Englishman's eye as he bewilders still further an already bewildered foreigner with an explanation of licensing laws, cricket, or why May Week is called May Week when it always falls in June. The pleasures of " let's talk about Me" are greatly increased when someone else does the talking ; in this case an American, an Australian and an English- man. Their book is lively, sometimes a little trite, informative, and nearly always
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