I Can't Stay Long [antikvár]

Acknowledgements Acknowledgements are due to the following publications in which essays included in this collection first appeared: The Daily Telegraph Magazine, for 'Paradise', 'Arrack and Astarte' and 'Concorde 002.' Encounter, for 'Ibiza High Fifties', 'A Wake in Warsaw' and 'A Festive Occasion'. The Evening Standard, for 'The Firstborn'. Leader Magazine, for 'A Drink with a Witch' and 'The Hills of Tuscany'. Mademoiselle, for 'Love', 'Charm', 'Voices of Ireland', 'Spain, the Gold Syllable', 'Mexico', 'The Sugar Islands' and 'Gift from the Sea'. The New Tork Times Book Review, for 'Writing Autobiography' and 'True Adventures of the Boy Reader'. Redbook, for 'The Village that Lost its Children'. Vogue, for 'First Love'. The Geographical Magazine, London, for 'Whitsuntide Treat'. The following essays have been broadcast by the BBC: 'Appetite', 'An Obstinate Exile' and 'Eight-Year-old World'. Part One of 'The Firstborn' exists as a separate publication under the imprint of the Hogarth Press, which has kindly given permission for its inclusion in this collection. Part Two originally appeared elsewhere. The author would like to thank Mr Nicholas Bentley and Mr John Raymond for their care and patience in helping him to make this selection and to prepare it for publication.