The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 57, July 1953 - April, 1954 Page: 205
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Travel Books on Texas Published in Foreign Countries 205
Date of observation: Spring and summer, 1897.
On pp. 86-89 Bahr gives a brief account of the Texas countryside
as he saw it on a trip from St. Louis to the Mexican border.
Beauvoir, Simone de. L'Amdrique au jour le jour. Paris, Editions
Paul Morihien, 1948. 390 pp.
Date of observation: Winter and spring, 1947.
France's authority on sexology devotes pp. 2o9-z2 to Texas. In San
Antonio she is pleased by the combination of the modern and the
historic, but in Houston she brooded in her hotel room over the
South's economic ills, the alleged "lugubriousness" of the city, and
American hypocrisy in morals. She is unimpressed by a visit to the
Rice Institute.
Benddite, Daniel. Trente dtoiles et leurs ombres; visite aux
Ameriques et aux Amdricains. Paris, Editions Atlas, 1947-
245 PP.
Date of observation: Shortly before publication.
In Texas (pp. 169-174) BCnedite visited the Rio Grande Valley,
Fort Worth, and Dallas. His enthusiasm about the state and its land-
scape is infectious.
Bouckaert, Albert. Un autre monde; 25,ooo kilometres a travers
les Atats-Unis et le Canada. Brussels, Meddens 8c Co., 1945.
312 pp.
Date of observations: Spring and summer, 1945.
Chapter VI, "Texas et Georgie, ou des fortresses volantes aux para-
chutistes" (pp. 109-138) contains general descriptions (probably based
on material given him by information officers) of Kelly Field and
Randolph Field, with a few notes on San Antonio, the Alamo, and a
fair being held there at the time.
Canu, Jean. Villes et paysages d'Amdrique. Paris, J. de Gigord,
1937- 363 PP-
Date of observation: Shortly before publication.
Chapter XI (pp. 276-289) is a general account of the oil industry,
agriculture, and education in Texas, with several pages on Houston.
Carrefio, Alberto Maria. Cartas de viaje. Mexico, Imprenta Vic-
toria, 1920. 148 pp.
Date of observation: October, 1919.
Of this series of letters giving travel impressions in a light vein, one
is devoted to San Antonio. Carrefio shows no special enthusiasm for
the city and devotes most of his letter to an account of a Mexican
cafe.
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