Books: Tought, Worden Deed

WHEN THE GOING WAS GOOD (314pp.) —Evelyn Waugh—Liftle, Brown ($3).

Years ago, the brothers Waugh, Evelyn and Alec (The Loom of Youth), reportedly divided the world between them, agreed that neither should trespass on the other's travelogue territories. Now, on the profitable heels of Brideshead Revisited (TIME, Jan. 7, 1946), Brother Evelyn's combing of those days has been reissued, in one bumper hamper, by Little, Brown.

Travel-minded readers may find much to amuse them in these pages, but they are also likely to feel that Author Waugh is far from his best when he is obliged to keep his feet on the...

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