Travel Books and Pamphlets
[From time to time we notice in this page travel books and pub. lication.s sent to us by travel agencies and shipping companies which we think may be of interest to readers.-ED. Spectator.]
A little book, Lakeland : A Playground For Britain (The Whitehaven News, Ltd., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Price t3d. ), consisting of three articles and a foreword, is frankly a piece of special pleading for the protection of the Lake District. The contributors, Sir Charles Trevelyan, Mr. Hugh Walpole, Mr. Norman Birk'ett and Mr. H. V. Hughes, have intimate knowledge of their subject from one angle or another. Sir Charles Trevelyan is a member of the "Lake Hunt," the man-hunt invented by a group of Cambridge undergraduates. Anyone who has run a day with the Lake Hunt knows that the going is of the hardest and that considerable endurance and the closest knowledge of the high fells are required. Mr. Hugh Walpole writes as the "immigrant." Mr. Norman Birkett, born and bred there, is the "native." "I want the austere beauty of the lonely valleys to remain quite untouched : I want the pastures and the sheep-foldings and the lonely farms to remain just as they are. . my instincts and associations and preferences combine to say-' Just leave it exactly as it is, because you can't improve it and there is grave risk that you may spoil it." l!r. H. V. Hughes, who luta made a study of national parks throughout the world, sums
up the case for the Lake District in an article full of useful infor- mation and suggestions. He points out the dangers that almost daily threaten a hitherto singularly unspoilt portion of England and shows why the district is specially suited to some form of national reservation and how such reservation might be carried out. His article is rendered all the more useful by a detailed sketch map. Indeed, the booklet is admirably illustrated.
We have received a well-printed folder from Mr. John Hatton, the Spa Director of Bath, entitled "The Bath Summer Cure Ticket." The folder shows that, for three guineas, a three- weeks' course of the baths and waters, and all entertainments provided by the Spa Committee of Bath, may be had during the months of June, July, August and September. The three weeks' ticket covers any bath or-other form -of treatment at the bathing establishment prescribed by the- physician consulted - before beginning the course. The ticket can only be used under medical advice, and the maximum number of treatments permissible is six per week. It admits the holder to the Pump- Room and gardens, and 'includes all charges for diinkin' g the waters. It also -admits to the band concerts and other entertainments throughout the day, and gives the holder those priVileges which are usually covered abroad by the kurtieket or its equivalent. Friends -accom- panying the holder of the ticket, but not taking the cure them- selves, can obtain a visitor's ticket which admits to all entertain- ments and is available for three weeks for 12s. 6d.
'A NEW MOTOR VESSEL—XORK-FLSHOITARD SERVICE.
The City of Cork Steam Packet Company, Ltd., issues a leaflet con- cerning their new motor vessel Irmisfallen ' (3,600 tons). From its inception in 1824 the City of Cork Steam Packet Company, Ltd. '(then known as the St. George Steam Packet Company), has shown enterprise. After several early successes with their ships, the Lee,' the Severn,' the Emerald Isle,' &c., the company ,achieved a triumph in April, 1838, when the paddle steamer • ` Sirius,' of 412 tons, accomplished the voyage from Cork Harbour to New York in eighteen days, thus gaining the distinction of being one of the first passengersteamers to cross the Atlantic from the United Kingdom. The motor vessel Innisfallen,' recently con- structed by Messrs. Harland & Wolff for the company, has accom.- modation for 200 first-class passengers, including single and double- berth cabins. There are also two luxurious cabins-de-luxe, with private baths adjoining. The folder mentions the high standard of third-class accommodation in the Imiisfallen,' which consists of well-furnished cabins of two, fear and six berths, and forty pas- sengers may be carried with the maximum of space, light and air for all. The ' Innisfallen ' has been placed upon the direct service from Fishguard to Cork, and " makes " 18 knots. The service -runs three times per week each way, and the time taken on the voyage is nine hours outward, and ten back to Fishguard. The cost is moderate, being 56s. 11d, for first-class single ticket (and saloon), or 32s. 8d. third class. Return fares are double.
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