A VAGABOND IN THE CAUCASUS 



PRESS OPINIONS— Continued. 



Algernon Blackwood in T/tc Tramp. — " It is the spirit 

 of the open air, the passion of the tramp, the poet's dehght 

 in the simple yet significant Httle things of forest, mountain, 

 plain, that combine to charm. As you read, you picture the 

 days when this ' old world yet was young,' and find yourself 

 in a region that has not changed for too many centuries to 

 count, and wherein move stately fighting men and unspoilt 

 shepherds and bearded figures that have stepped clean out of 

 the Bible picture-books of one's childhood. The beauty of 

 this marvellous land of mountains between the Caspian and 

 the Black Sea is utterly arresting. I myself spent some 

 weeks there last summer, and it calls to me like strong music. 

 To read this vital account of it all is to live over again my 

 own adventures. There are no ' purple patches.' The colour 

 is vivid and true. One sees that air of strange clear brilliance ; 

 one smells the leagues of azaleas ; hears the barking of the 

 savage sheep dogs ; and watches the horsemen clad in flow- 

 ing bourkas careering over the mountain paths like strayed 

 centaurs." 



Country Life. — " You follow his adventures with the same 

 interest you would follow an engrossing novel, because you 

 see the man and feel something of his passion." 



Booktnan. — " In every way this is a most charming and 

 attractive book. Mr. Graham's views are fresh and original." 



Shooting Times. — " Distinctly entertaining." 



Literary World. — " Mr. Graham's pen pictures of Russia 

 and the Caucasus, as he saw them, are worth careful reading." 



Manchester Courier. — " It is rarely that, chancing on some 

 stray volume of travel, one is so delightfully surprised as in 

 ' A Vagabond in the Caucasus.' Mr. Graham is one of the 

 true literary tramps. His future wanderings may be followed 

 with expectancy." 



Glasgow Herald. — "The account of Mr. Graham's wan- 

 derings has everything to recommend it to the reader. It 

 is bright and vivacious, and its style very enjoyable." 



Scotsman. — "Mr. Graham's work is an agreeable exception 

 to the rule in respect that it is written with a literary skill 

 uncommon in books of this kind, a skill able to reveal the 

 intimacies of the author's likings and character. Anyone 

 thinking of visiting the Caucasus for holiday travel will read 

 his book with both sympathy and profit." 



