THE BOOK FOR WEEK-END TRAVELLERS 



LIGHTNING TOURS 



FLIGHTS BY NIGHT AND 

 DAY BY BOAT AND RAIL 

 MOSTLY WITHIN 34 HOURS 



BY 



PERCY FITZGERALD, M.A., F.S.A. 



Author of " The Recreations of a Literary Man " 



Crown 8vo, paper covers, is. 



"It is a general belief that the duration of a ' week-end ' or a Bank 

 Holiday is too brief to permit of a tour far afield. Mr Percy Fitzgerald, 

 the well-known writer, strongly combats this idea. Long ago he com- 

 menced a series of what he aptly terms ' lightning tours,' in the course of 

 which he found it possible to leave London for France, Belgium, or 

 Holland, visit one or more towns, and return home within twenty-four 

 hours. To aid other tourists to see the world in the same rapid fashion, 

 Mr Fitzgerald has described his methods in a little volume as useful as it is 

 entertaining. 



" On coming into Flushing, or Vlissingen, betimes, at five in the morn- 

 ing, after a calm night, it is a welcome surprise to greet the Scheldt and 

 the rich low-lying green swards of the Flemish country a patch of Indian 

 red here and there, which seems always to produce a feeling of tranquil 

 sadness, or at least meditation. Even the 'hard-bitten' traveller never 

 loses that sense of surprise which comes of touching foreign soil for the 

 first time after an interval. ... It is worth going abroad for that sensa- 

 tion alone. 



" From beginning to end the book is full of picturesque description and 

 invaluable advice, and we can cordially commend it to tourists of all grades 

 and tastes." Men and Women. 



"The chief praise that can be given to this book is that something of 

 this gay spirit has entered into its pages, and that the reader will find an 

 almost irresistible desire to follow the example of its author." The Daily 

 News. 



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