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tered the officers* training camp at Plattsburg to prepare for whatever 

 service he might be able to render in the world struggle for freedom 

 and democracy. p 



"Your National No such comprehensive work on national parks has 

 Pabks"* yet been given to the public as this latest book by 



Mr. Mills. In it the traveler will find information 

 concerning all of the national parks and monuments of the United States 

 and Canada. The more important parks, such as Yellowstone and Yo- 

 semite, are described in detail — their topography and geological forma- 

 tion, their flowers, forests and wild animals, and interesting incidents 

 in the history of their discovery and exploration as well. In addition 

 the book contains valuable chapters on "Park Development and New 

 Parks," "Wild Life in National Parks" and "National Parks, the School 

 of Nature." In "The Spirit of the Forest," "In All Weathers," "The 

 Trail," and in the preface Mr. Mills gives freer rein to the more imagi- 

 native style that we have come to regard as his own. An appendix by 

 Laurence Schmeckebier containing definite information about routes and 

 prices, and other statistical tables regarding national parks, adds greatly 

 to the value of what is no doubt destined to become one of the most 

 popular books on this subject. M T? P 



"Through the No more charming book has come to our attention this 

 Year with season than this sympathetic study by our fellow moun- 

 TH0REAu"t taineer, Herbert W. Gleason. What John Muir is to a 

 Californian, Henry Thoreau is to a New Englander. 

 Mr. Gleason is an adopted Californian, it is true, but his deepest feeling, 

 undoubtedly, is for the "architecture of the snow," the "beauty of wild 

 apples," the "waving rye-fields" and "old, unfrequented roads" of Thor- 

 eau's country. An introduction, all too short, and interesting notes are 

 contributed by Mr. Gleason, besides the very beautiful and artistic photo- 

 graphs that carry us through the seasons with Thoreau. The subjects 

 of the quotations and pictures range from flowers and birds to cobweb 

 drapery, early morning fogs and icicle "organ pipes." Long and patient 

 study and infinite love must have gone into the making of such a book. 

 Such a picture, for instance, as the "orientation of young pine shoots" 

 is not easily come by. MRP 



* Your National Parks. A Guide to the National Parks. By Enos A. Mills. With 

 detailed information for tourists by Laurence F. Schmeckebier, and with illustrations 

 and maps. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1917- Pages, 532. 

 Price, $2.50 net. 



t Through the Year with Thoreau. Sketches of nature from the writings of 

 Henry D. Thoreau with corresponding photographic illustrations. By Herbert W. 

 Gleason. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York. 191 7. Price, $3.00 

 net. 



