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Tranquil Journeys
Schneider, Isidor | July 30, 1930 issue

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The article critically appraises three books, "The Gentleman in the Parlour," by W. Somerset Maugham; "Hot Countries," by Alec Waugh and "The Last Paradise," by Hickman Powell. If one is to judge by the tone of at least the first two of these books, the great liners and railroads that make travel easy and the imperialism that secures the life and property of their passengers have also made a little too easy and too safe the writing of travel books. Maugham and Waugh traveled so comfortably that they had the leisure and the energy to compose their books during the few months of their journeys. And both have written with their minds on the comfort of their readers, who will ride smoothly, even luxuriously, through their pages.

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BOOKS & reading; GENTLEMAN in the Parlour, The (Book); MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965; HOT Countries (Book); WAUGH, Alec; LAST Paradise, The (Book)
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