6 JANUARY 1923, Page 34

-FOOTPRINTS IN SPAIN. By Lieut.-Col. H. A. Newell. (Methuen. 10s.

6d.)

Though its author has tried to cast this volume in the form of personal record, it is a guide-book rather than a book of travel. When he condescends to take us into his confidence, Col. Newell can make his own personal experiences very entertaining indeed, and for our part we would willingly barter some of his more solid information for a few more of his traveller's tales. This is not to deny the value of his information—historical, antiquarian, architectural, and so on— which is here in abundance, covering almost the whole of the Peninsula. Like most of his fellow authors who write about Spain, he has been fortunate with his illustrations.