Wharton, Edith. A Motor Flight through France. With 48 full-page illustrations from photographs. 8vo. pp. N-202. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. $2.
It is not to be expected that Mrs. Wharton would write the
ordinary book of
travel—nor has she done so in the present
volume. «The motor-car has restored the romance of travel,» she
declares: and to prove her contention she whirls her reader through
the towns and picturesque country scenes of France on a motor-car
that certainly leaves nothing to be desired by the traveler in the
way of comfort and convenience. Mrs. Wharton dwells with delight
on the freedom from the «ugliness and desolation created by the
railway,» as enjoyed by the motorist, and describes in her usual
charming style the various objects of beauty and interest that
flash by her car without being marred by intervening railroad
yards, smoke, and general dulness. With no country is Mrs. Wharton
more thoroughly familiar than with France, and her brilliant
sketches of towns, castles, churches, men, and women, seen in
passing, furnish excellent reading and lend to this book a piquancy
not usually possest by others of its kind. For any one
contemplating a motor trip through France it should serve,
moreover, as an excellent guide.
