6 HARPER'S NEW MISCELLANY 



VIII. 



The Ascent of Mount Ararat, 



(ACHIEVED FOR THE FIRST TIME). 



BY DR. FRIEDRICH PARROT. 



TRANSLATED BY W. D. COOLEY. 

 12mo, Map arid Wood-cuts, Muslin, extra gilt, 50 cents. 



This is a most interesting book, both in its description of the country and 

 inhabitants of Central Asia, and in its connection with the remarkable event 

 of our world the Flood. Mount Ararat, which was ascended by M. Par- 

 rot, must ever possess to the Biblical reader most intense interest, as the 

 resting place of the ark after the universal deluge. Pittsburgh Chronicle. 

 A work destined, from the intrinsic interest of the subject, and the full- 

 ness of detail which is spread before the reader, to a very wide circulation. 

 The idea of ascending Mount Ararat seems to have risen with the traveler 

 to a passion ; previous travelers had never accomplished it ; the natives of 

 the region looked upon it as impossible ; their superstition regarded the 

 inaccessible summit as the mysterious resting place of the ark to this day. 

 How Dr. Parrot approached the region, what adventures he met with by 

 the way, what manners and customs he witnessed, how he twice essayed 

 to reach the sacred peak and turned back, and how on a third attempt he 

 accomplished the feat through difficulties the recital of which has led sci- 

 entific men still to doubt if the ascent were really performed may all be 

 read in this compact volume, illustrated by maps and engravings, with every 

 aid to the reader's comprehension. News. 



Hardly a subject could have been selected more stirring in its character 

 than " A Journey to Ararat." Held in equal veneration by Jew, Christian, 

 and Mohammedan, and regarded with superstitious feelings even by the pa- 

 gan, that mountain has always enjoyed a degree of celebrity denied to any 

 other. Sinai, and Horeb, and Tabor may have excited holier musings; but 

 Ararat " the mysterious" Ararat, which human foot had not trod after the 

 restorer of our race, and which, in the popular opinion, no human foot would 

 be permitted to tread till the consummation of all things Ararat the holy, 

 which winged cherubim protected against the sacrilegious approach of mor- 

 tals, and which patriarchs only were permitted to revisit, appeared in many 

 respects an object of curiosity as unique as it was exciting. London Athe~ 

 ncEum. 



It is a highly entertaining work, embodying much historical, geographi- 

 cal, and scientific information, and conveying a knowledge of the character, 

 habits, and manners of the people among whom the author traveled. The 

 ascent of Mount Ararat is so very difficult that many persons have doubted 

 whether the feat was accomplished by Dr. Parrot, but his acknowledged 

 integrity ought to place his claims in this respect above suspicion. The 

 lovers of bold adventure will find in this volume much to gratify their pe- 

 culiar taste, and the general reader can hardly fail to be pleased with it. 

 New York Tribune. 



This volume has claims upon the public, as a scientific and truly valuable 

 work, which have been possessed by few others. It is, in fact, the con- 

 densed narrative of an exploring expedition sent out by the Russian gov- 

 ernment into the region about Mount Ararat, a region which possesses 

 more interest for scientific men, perhaps, than any other in the world 

 which has been so little explored. New York Courier. 



It reads more like the travels of Von Humboldt than any book we have 

 lately read. The writer is a man of science and observation, and the book 

 v/e recommend to the public. Lowell Courier. 



