Times.—“ ... Sir Frederick possesses a talent for observation, and, what is more, the gift of describing what he observes in terse and vivid sentences.”
Morning Post.—“The distinguished surgeon writes for the benefit not of big game hunters, but of tourists like himself, who desire, for a change, to get beyond the beaten track.”
Standard.—“ ... Another agreeable record of unconventional travel.... The book is written with imagination and humour.”
Daily Mirror.—“From start to finish the book brims over with good things.”
With Illustrations from Photographs by the Author, and a Map.
The Land that is Desolate: AN ACCOUNT OF A TOUR IN PALESTINE.
Daily News.—“It sets down in entertaining and well-turned sentences those things which are likely to interest the eye and the mind of a cultured and humane holiday maker.”
Glasgow Herald.—“Admirable illustrations reach the very highest standard of amateur work. The author’s pen is as remorselessly faithful as his camera. The caustic humour which enlivens the book helps to make it most interesting.”
Globe.—“Much of the charm that characterises Sir Frederick Treves’ book lies in that ironic humour which every now and then breaks forth in his descriptions of cities and men.”
London: SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15 Waterloo Place, S.W.