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Alaska (Vol. Ill) : Glaciers and Glaciation. By Grove Karl 

 Gilbert, Harriman Alaska Expedition. 231 -}- xii pages. New 

 York: Doubleday, Page & Co. 1904. 

 To the mountaineer who has climbed among glaciers or in 

 glaciated regions this volume will prove most attractive and 

 readable. It is an account of a reconnaissance of the glaciers 

 and glaciated fiords of the Alaskan coast made in the summer 

 of 1899 by the Harriman expedition. The expedition was for- 

 tunate in having with it so able a glacialist as Mr. Gilbert. His 

 record of glacial conditions on the Alaskan coast, while from 

 the nature of the expedition only partial, will prove most val- 

 uable both for purposes of comparison with earlier records and 

 with those that may be made in future years. The present wan- 

 ing of the glaciers on that coast, together with the manifold evi- 

 dence of their former seaward extension, renders the region 

 one of the most promising fields for the study of the causes of 

 glaciation, and numerous observations as to the stages of retreat 

 or advance of the glaciers will form part of the necessary data 

 for that study. The book comprises three chapters. The first 

 deals with existing glaciers, the evidence of their retreat, and 

 other features of interest. The second chapter deals with the 

 Pleistocene glaciation of the region, including a discussion of the 

 morphogeny of the region in preglacial time. The third chapter 

 deals with certain general considerations as to glaciers. The 

 book is profusely illustrated, and the pictures, taken in con- 

 nection with the characteristically lucid style of the author, con- 

 tribute greatly to the pleasure of reading. A feature of the 

 illustrations is the preponderance of pen-and-ink sketches made 

 from photographs. 



[Dr. Gilbert has kindly presented the Club library with this 

 valuable volume. — Editor.] 



Indians of the Yosemite. By Galen Clark, iio-j-xxviii pages. 

 Yosemite Valley Cal. Price, cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents. 



Mr, Clark has been a member of the Sierra Club for many 

 years, and during the second year of its establishment he had 

 charge of the headquarters of the Club in the Yosemite Valley. 



The book gives an interesting account of the history, customs, 

 and traditions of the Indian tribes which frequent the valley; 

 it contains an appendix of useful information for Yosemite 

 visitors, and has tables of distances to points of interest, and 

 gives the heights of all the Yosemite peaks and waterfalls. 



The book is illustrated by Chris. Jorgensen and by halftone 

 reproductions from photographs. 



The author was the discoverer of the Mariposa Grove of Big 



