THE CITIES OF BELGIUM. By GRANT ALLEN. Second Edition.
VENICE. By GRANT ALLEN. Second Edition.
CITIES OF NORTHERN ITALY. By G. C. WILLIAMSON, Litt.D.
THE UMBRIAN TOWNS. By J. W. and A. M. CRUICKSHANK.
Times.—"Good work in the way of showing students the right manner of
approaching the history of a great city.... These useful little volumes."
Birmingham Gazette.—"Not only admirable, but also, to the intelligent tourist,
indispensable.... Mr. Allen has the artistic temperament.... With his origins, his
traditions, his art criticism, he goes to the heart of the matter, is outspoken
concerning those things he despises, and earnest when describing those in which
his soul delights.... Both books are eminently interesting to the ordinary reader
whether he has travelled or not."
Scotsman.—"Those who travel for the sake of culture will be well catered for in
Mr. Grant Allen's new series of Historical Guides.... There are few more
satisfactory books for a student who wishes to dig out the Paris of the past from
the immense superincumbent mass of coffee-houses, kiosks, fashionable hotels,
and other temples of civilisation beneath which it is now submerged. Florence is
more easily dug up, as you have only to go into the picture galleries or into the
churches or museums, whither Mr. Allen's Guide accordingly conducts you, and
tells you what to look at if you want to understand the art treasures of the city.
The books, in a word, explain rather than describe.... Such books are wanted
nowadays.... The more sober minded among tourists will be grateful to him for
the skill with which the new series promises to minister to their needs."
The Queen.—"No traveller going to Florence with an idea of understanding its
art treasures can afford to dispense with Mr. Allen's Guide. He is saturated with
information gained by close observation and close study. He is so candid, so
sincere, so fearless, so interesting."
MR. L. F. AUSTIN in the Sketch.—"His 'Paris' is certainly an admirable example
of what a purely æsthetic handbook should be, for it is clearly arranged, and
written with that ease and intricacy which are borne of sympathy and
knowledge."