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Chapters on the glaciers, the rocks, the flora and the place names and 

 elevations add to the scientific value of a book that every lover of the 

 mountain should own. MRP 



"Canada, the In this book Lilian Whiting, best known for her books 

 Spellbinder"* on Italy and a certain type of religious mysticism, en- 

 ters a literary field in which she is less at home. The 

 title is somewhat misleading, for one would expect to find a more com- 

 prehensive description of Canada's scenic resources than is here pre- 

 sented. But for the most part she writes only of the long strip of Can- 

 ada which she has seen from the car windows of the Grand Trunk Rail- 

 way System. "Railroad literature" is not to be condemned by its name, 

 though usually it is of a somewhat hectic character. Miss Whiting has 

 done her task well, and has put into the pages of her book much in- 

 formation about the urban populations and industrial aspects of Canada 

 not ordinarily found in books of this character. Her literary interests 

 come to expression in a chapter on "Canadian Poets and Poetry." There 

 is an excellent folding map of Canada and numerous photographic illus- 

 trations, especially of the Mount Robson country. One who proposes to 

 cross Canada on the Grand Trunk Railroad will find this book an en- 

 tertaining guide. W F R 



"Glacier The publishers announce this book as the "first comprehen- 

 National sively descriptive guide to the recently opened Rocky Moun- 

 Park"! tain wonderland." But one who intends to visit Glacier 

 National Park must not let this appraisal prevent him from 

 taking along also the pamphlet entitled "General Information Regarding 

 Glacier National Park," issued by the Department of the Interior in 

 1914, which is a gem of condensed facts. Equally indispensable remains 

 Marius R. Campbell's "Origin of the Scenic Features of the Glacier Na- 

 tional Park," published by the same department. The book we are now 

 discussing appears under the joint authorship of Mathilde Edith Holtz 

 and Katharine Isabel Bemis. One could wish that the style were a bit 

 less exclamatory in places, but the reader will find in it entertaining 

 information about the hotels, trails, lakes, glaciers, and wild flowers of 

 the park, and even something about Blackfeet Indian legends and names. 

 A topographic map of the park is conveniently printed on the inside of 

 the front and back covers and the fly-leaves, and there are twenty excel- 

 lent photographic illustrations. The book is to be recommended to any 



* Canada, the Spellbinder. By Lilian Whiting. E. P. Button & Company, New 

 York, 191 7. With many illustrations in color and monotone. Price, $2.50 net. 



t Glacier National Park, its Trails and Treasures. By Katharine Bemis and 

 Mathilde Holtz. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1917. 263 pages, octavo. 

 Illustrated. Price, $2.00 net. 



