TRAVELER'S CHEQUE

by Jerome Weldman ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 6, 1954

It is as an author that Weldman writes the essays that are a point of departure (and what rousing send offs they are) for his editing of the ""shameless gulps"" of extracts, excerpts, examples and samples of other travelers, past and present. With a truly catholic taste and highly personal preferences his prefaces lead into the Bible, The Swiss Family Robinson (""ideal adventure""), Brazilian Adventure, Goodnight Sweet Prince, Land Below The Wind, While Rome Burns (""pure trivia, pure joy""), Thackeray, Prescott, Burton, Dickens, Maugham, Two Years Before The Mast, letters by Columbus, Henry Adams, Lady Wortley Montagu, The Other Side Of The Mountain -- a variegated and generous selection. And those introductory asides have just as wide a range, from autobiography and incident, to definite feelings about reading and assorted other topics, to an ebullience that noticeably rubs off on the reader. These are sturdy yardsticks for forgotten -- or remembered -- measures of individual pleasure, and should prove to be worthwhile program notes for future reference. Most comfortable.

Pub Date: May 6, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1954

Categories: NONFICTION