A Guide Book To Spain
p. 97 · Read in the full issue
TEN million tourists, according to the latest book by Australian writer Colin Simpson, visit Spain each year .The book is called Take Me to Spain (but it also includes chapters on Majorca and Portugal), and it is aimed at the Anglo-Saxon element among Spain’s numerous visitors. rj* , . . ~, , , .
The book is intended to be both a travel book (for reading at home) and a guidebook (for taking with you), for it is produced in two editions large and small the smaller one being a travellers compact edition to tuck in coat pocket
or airways bag for the trip”. Both editions contain identical material.
As is usual with Simpson’s books, Take Me to Spain is a first class pro duction job. It is full of attractive maps, line decorations, black and white photographs, and Kodachromes.
Unfortunately, the book’s contents do not match up to the book’s attractive appearance. Much of it is a rehash of the history, descrip tions, opinions and facts to be found in Spanish Tourist Bureau hand-outs, other guide books, and the works of Anglo-Saxon writers on Spain.—RL. (TAKE ME TO SPAIN. Angus and Robertson. Both editions 32/6.)