A Traveller's Life

Eric Newby's life of travel began at a young age. Early journeys with his mother aroused his hunger for wider horizons. Happily for us he indulged his interest, from a slosh through the London sewers to bicycling in Italy, from a youthful tour on a great grain ship to an encounter with that wildest American city--New York.

Newby's verve and optimism, his perception of the incongruous, are at work whether abroad in search of high fashion or recalling his reluctant participation in a tiger shoot.