Switzerland: the Country and its People. Written by Clarence Rook.
Painted by Effie Jardine. (Chatto and Windus. 20s. net.)—This is a good book to look at and to read. Of the pictures about two-thirds are in colour and a third in half-tones, and they are attractive ; the narrative, which tells the story of the past and describes the present condition, is of a serviceable kind. We cannot help thinking that Mr. Rook looks at things through rosy spectacles. The Swiss engineer is an admirable person in some regards ; we could wish that he were not so busy in learning to deface the scenery of his country. And the Swiss host also is a very praiseworthy person, with the same reserve. Perhaps Mr. Rook's last comment is two-edged.. "As a host to the paying guest he is supreme." But it would be ungracious to carp at a volume which is bound both to please and to profit.
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