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"The Mountaineer" The Mountaineers' annual publication comes to 

 Volume VIII* hand as the Sierra Club Bulletin goes to press. 



It contains a most interesting article by Frangois 

 E. Matthes, of the United States Geological Survey, on the methods used 

 in mapping the Mount Rainier region, and in determining the height of 

 the mountain by carefully checked vertical angles from known points. 



Other articles of great merit are by G. F. Allen, supervisor of the 

 Rainier National Forest, on forest types, and by Professor Edwin J. 

 Saunders, of the University of Washington, on the geological history of 

 Rainier. The activities of other mountaineering clubs are reviewed in a 

 series of communications from the different clubs. The narrative of the 

 1915 outing of the Mountaineers stimulates a most cordial feeling of tm- 

 derstanding with these our brothers and sisters of Puget Sound. 



A. H. A. 



"The Canadian The new volume of the Canadian Alpine Journal is 

 Alpine JouRNAL"t very largely devoted to the Northern Rockies in 

 the vicinity of Mount Robson, newly opened to trav- 

 el by the completion of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Articles on 

 the little known Purcell Range of the Southern Selkirks also appear. 

 The records of the two camps established by the Canadian Alpine Club 

 in 1913 and the Upper Yoho camp of 1914 are likewise included. It is an 

 unusually interesting and well illustrated number. M. R. P. 



Two splendidly illustrated reprints from the Geographical Journal of 

 March, 1914, and February, 1914, have been presented by the authors to 

 the library of the Sierra Club. "Physical Characteristics of the Siachen 

 Basin and Glacier System," by William Hunter Workman, and "The Ex- 

 ploration of the Siachen or Rose Glacier, Eastern Karakoran," by Fanny 

 Bullock Workman. Dr. Workman has also presented his English version 

 of an article from Zeitschrift fiir Gletscher Kunde. Band VIII, entitled 

 "Features of Karakoran Glaciers Connected with Pressure, Especially of 

 Affluents." The thanks of our members are due Dr. and Mrs. Workman 

 for their courtesy in sending us these extremely interesting and valuable 

 papers. M. R. P. 



Sierra Club Stationery 

 The official die of the Sierra Club is now at the store of Paul Elder 

 & Co., 239 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, who are prepared to execute 

 orders for Club stationery. 



* The Mountaineer, volume VIII. Published by the Mountaineers, Seattle, De- 

 cember, 1915. 118 pages. Price, 50 cents. 



t The Canadian Alpine Journal. Published by the Alpine Club of Canada, head- 

 quarters, Banff, Alberta. 1914 and 1915, Vol. VI, pages 263. Price, $1.50. 



