_The Bible in Spain, or the Journeys, Adventures, and
Imprisonments of an Englishman in an attempt to circulate the
Scriptures in the Peninsula_.
By GEORGE BORROW. Author of "The Gipsies in Spain.
"This is a charming book, full of free breezes, and mountain
torrents, and pictures of romantic interest. Mr. Borrow is a
self-sufficing man of free nature, his mind is always in the fresh
air; he is not unworthy to climb the sierras and rest beneath the
cork trees where we have so often enjoyed the company of Don Quixote.
And he has the merit, almost miraculous to-day, of leaving us almost
always to draw our own inferences from what he gives us. We can
wander on in peace, secure against being forced back upon ourselves,
or forced sideways to himself. It is as good to read through this
book of pictures, as to stay in a house hung with Gobelin tapestry.
The Gipsies are introduced here with even more spirit than in his
other book. He sketches men and nature with the same bold and clear,
though careless touch. Cape Finisterre and the entrance into
Gallicia are as good parts as any to look at.
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