The Spanish Royal TapestriesCalvert, Albert Frederick
History
The Spanish Royal Tapestries
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Tapestry -- Spain -- History; Tapestry -- Spain -- Madrid
“Unconducted Wanderers” is a very amusing travel book of the best sort.
After a spell of war work the author and a woman friend went to America,
and thence to the South Seas, to Java, the Malay States, Siam, Cambodia,
China and Korea. The book is extremely lively in tone and fresh in
feeling, and the observations and experiences of the travellers,
particularly in China during the Rebellion, are of quite unusual
interest.
_Evening Standard._--“Those in search of the perfect companion for a
lazy afternoon in a hammock will find their wants admirably supplied by
‘Unconducted Wanderers.’ Their Adventures are retailed with an unfailing
humorous touch, and the scenery and occupants of these far foreign
strands are painted in descriptive language which is always vivid, and
at times beautiful.”
JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD, VIGO ST., W. 1
TOPEE AND TURBAN, or Here and There, in India
By Lieut.-Colonel H. A. NEWELL, I.A., With Illustrations from
photographs. Demy 8vo. £1 1s. net.
_Daily News._--“An excellent book.... Colonel Newell has a quick eye for
things seen, and a happy interest in history that makes the book
something more than a motorist’s guide-book.... Fully illustrated with
photographs of great interest and variety.”
_Daily Mail._--“Everyone ought to know more about India, and a pleasant
way of informing oneself is offered by Colonel Newell’s ‘Topee and
Turban in India.’”
_Times._-“A record of several motor trips in India, abundantly
illustrated, and discursive to just the appropriate length.”
_Westminster Gazette._--“In this book Colonel Newell shows that he has
been a close student and observer of many things in India and Indian
life.”
JAPANESE IMPRESSIONS
By PAUL LOUIS COUCHOUD. Translated from the French “Sages et Poètes
d’Asie,” by FRANCES RUMSEY, with a specially written Preface by
ANATOLE FRANCE. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
This book consists of the impressions of Japan of a keen observer, a
scholar, and a remarkable master of language. “The charm of M.
Couchoud,” says Monsieur Anatole France, “lies in that rare power to
evoke ancient or distant facts which is the faculty of a Renan and a
Ferrero, and which touches history with the interest of a living
spectacle.” The book contains a long and highly characteristic
introduction by Monsieur Anatole France, which has never been printed in
French.
ART AND I
By C. LEWIS HIND. Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD, VIGO ST., W. 1
A DWELLER IN MESOPOTAMIA
By DONALD MAXWELL, author of “The Last Crusade,” etc. With numerous
Illustrations by the Author in colour, half-tone, and line. Crown
4to. £1 5s. net.
_Morning Post._--“The sketches are particularly attractive, both in
subject and expression, and all are faithfully reproduced.... Altogether
this is a delightful volume, chastely bound in green and brown-toned
linen.”
_Evening Standard._--“A delightful sketch book.... His adventures are
told in breezy, unofficial style.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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