PUBLISHER'S NOTE. 



THE Author had not originally contemplated the 

 publication of the coloured sketches which are produced 

 in this work. He has permitted their reproduction 

 because they may be useful as showing colour effects 

 in the Arctic ; but he wishes it understood that he 

 claims no artistic merit for them. 



For permission to reproduce the map of Franz Josef 

 Land in Julius Payer's " New Lands Within the Arctic 

 Circle," the publishers are indebted to the courtesy of 

 Messrs. Macmillan and Company. 



