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The carelessness in making misleading or imperfectly explained state- 

 ments, and in faulty proof-reading, which seems to be altogether too 

 common in American books on forestry, appears again here to a slight 

 extent, but not in nearly so pronounced a form as in some previous 

 works. An example is the statement on page 196, that ''the Sequoias are 

 found largely in California"! The use of various equivalents for red fir 

 and Pseudotsuga taxifolia must be confusing to the beginner. The au- 

 thor on page 290 states that red fir is Ahies magnifica, on page 283 that 

 red fir is Pseudotsuga taxifolia, and on page 195, in a description of 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia, the heading is "Oregon fir," and the same tree is 

 referred to lower on the page as Douglas fir. All of these statements 

 are in accordance with common usage, but without explanation they are 

 confusing to the reader unfamiliar with the variation in the use of tree 

 names. Some misprints occur. 



It is also to be regretted that, probably because of the greatly in- 

 creased cost of book-making, the book is rather poorly printed and does 

 not make so favorable an impression as the price would lead one to 

 expect. . . W. M. 



"The Mountaineer" The Mountaineers' annual publication maintains 

 Volume IX* the high standard of its predecessors. The Moun- 



taineers' activities in 1916 were centered mainly 

 about Mount Baker, and most of the articles in their annual are related 

 in some way to this mountain. Mrs. L. R. Frazeur, well known to sev- 

 eral Sierra Club outings, describes The Mountaineers' climbs last year 

 of Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan. Charles Finley Easton contrib- 

 utes an interesting and valuable account of Mount Baker's glaciers. 

 Other articles— on early explorations of Mount Baker, on Indian leg- 

 ends connected with the mountain, on the wild animals of the region, on 

 neighboring points of scenic interest — complete a well-rounded survey of 

 Mount Baker from the point of view of the mountain-lover's interests. 

 The Mountaineer devotes considerable space to the activities of other 

 mountaineering clubs — a valuable feature. A. H. A. 



"Through The first impulse of a normal Sierran upon reading Mrs. 

 Glacier Mary Roberts Rinehart's little book will be to buy a ticket 

 Park"! at the first opportunity for the Glacier National Park, in the 

 hope of seeing the things which Mrs. Rinehart saw, and in 

 the hope of meeting Howard Eaton. "Howard Eaton," says Mrs. Rine- 

 hart, "is extremely young. He was born quite a number of years ago, 

 but what is that? He is a boy, and he takes an annual frolic. And be- 

 cause it means a cracking good time, he takes people with him and puts 



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

 cember, 191 6. 112 pages. Price, 50 cents. Illustrated. 



t Through Glacier Park : The Log of a Trip with Howard Eaton. By Mary Rob- 

 erts Rinehart. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston and New York. 1916. Price, 75 

 cents. Illustrated. 



