The Alps have always been a formidable obstacle to travellers making for Italy by land. Now the railways have tamed them, but there are still adventurous wayfarers who prefer to cross by road. in the tracks of the Gauls and Goths and Carthaginians and any number of notable personages from Brennus and Belinus to Mr. Belloc on his way to Rome. Mr. Cecil Lewis recently did the journey in a light car, and he will describe its more exciting incidents in his talk today.
