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THE BOOK OF WINTER SPORTS. 



With an Introduction by the Rt. Hon. the EARL OF LYTTON, 

 and contributions from experts in various branches of sport. 



Edited by EDGAR SYERS. 

 Fully illustrated. Demy &vo. 155. net. 



Every winter more and more visitors are attracted to Switzerland, 

 the Tyrol, and Scandinavia, to take part in the various winter sports 

 of which this book is the first and only comprehensive account in 

 English. Each sport is dealt with separately by an expert. Thus, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Syers write on Skating, Mr. C. Knapp on Tobogganing, 

 Mr. E. Wroughton on Ski-running, Mr. Bertram Smith on Curling, 

 Mr. E. Mavrogordato on Bandy, and Mr. Ernest Law on Valsing on 

 Ice. The various chapters give instructions in practice, rules, records, 

 and exploits, as well as useful information as to hotels, hours of 

 sunshine, the size and number of rinks, and competitions open to 

 visitors at the different centres. The book contains a large number 

 of original illustrations. It should be indispensable, not only to 

 experts in the various sports, but to the far larger class of holiday- 

 makers who engage in them as a pastime. 



FIVE MONTHS IN THE HIMALAYAS. 



a IRecorD of fountain travel in <3arbwal anfc Iftasbmir* 

 By A. L. MUMM, 



LATE HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE ALPINE CLUB, 



Magnificently illustrated with Photogravure Plates and Panoramas t and 

 a Map. Royal Svo. 2 is. net. 



The first and principal portion of this volume contains an account 

 of a journey through the mountains of Garhwal made by the author 

 in May, June, and July, 1907, with Major the Hon. C. G. Bruce and 

 Dr. T. G. Longstaff, whose names are already well known in con- 

 nexion with Himalayan mountaineering. The tour has considerable 

 geographical interest, which is enhanced by a magnificent series of 

 original photographs of scenes never before submitted to the camera, 

 and it was rendered memorable by the fact that in the course of it 

 Dr. Longstaff reached the summit of Trisul, 23,415 feet above the 

 level of the sea, the loftiest peak on the earth's surface whose actual 

 summit has, beyond all doubt or question, been trodden by man. 



Later on, Major Bruce and Mr. Mumm proceeded to Kashmir, 

 where they climbed Mount Haramukh, whose snowy crest is familiar 

 to all visitors to l the happy valley ' ; and made a ' high-level route ' 

 down the range of mountains which separates Kashmir from Kagan. 

 Their photographic spoils were of an interest hardly inferior to those 

 of the Garhwal journey. 



