Forestry Notes. 



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and their ability to carry contagion many miles from its source is 

 clearly shown in this book; and that the increasing hundreds of 

 campers who yearly visit the area of the Tuolumne watershed 

 will be prevented from continuing to enjoy this wonderful pleas- 

 ure ground when the water must be kept pure for a city's use 

 is clearly forecast, from the sanitarian's standpoint at least. 



M. R. P. 



" 'Pjjg Mou TA EER " many interesting features of 



Vol in ' November, 1908, issue of The Moun- 



' taineer^ is the announcement of the 



Seattle club's program for its third annual outing to Mt. Rainier. 

 Those of us who made the ascent of this mountain from Para- 

 dise Park in 1905 will envy our brethren in the North the 

 opportunity given them to make its acquaintance from the 

 comparatively unfamiliar northeastern side. Only the heartiest 

 praise can be accorded this latest number of the Mountaineer. 

 The steady improvement that each succeeding issue of the maga- 

 zine has shown gives sufficient evidence of the club's growth and 

 influence. No. 4 of Vol. I, published only two years after the 

 formation of the club, will hold its own among the best moun- 

 taineering journals of America. 



^ There can be only one opinion on the 



HE LPS IN merit of this fine book from the pen of 



Nature AND History. ^ ,.j j. a^i. ^i. • i. 



Mr. Coolidge.t The author is an hon- 

 orary member of the English, French, and Italian Alpine Clubs, 

 and he has long been recognized as an authority on the Alps. 

 This is not merely a book on mountaineering, but a careful de- 

 scriptive and historical study of the Alpine Ranges, their peoples, 

 flora and fauna, the geographical divisions, together with an 

 account of ancient and modern exploration and mountaineering. 

 To all this are added most convenient lists of the principal peaks, 

 with their altitudes; another list, giving the first ascents in 

 chronological order, from 1358 down to 1907, and a most satis- 

 factory bibliography of the subject. The author clearly recog- 

 nized the indispensable character of a thorough index, by the aid 

 of which a reader can find in a moment what he wants. In fact, 

 the book represents so prodigious an amount of labor, and is so 

 full of condensed and valuable information on everything per- 

 taining to the Alps, that it is bound to become a standard refer- 

 ence book on the subject. A map and seven diagrams of the 

 chief passes help to explain the historical and geographical chap- 



* The Mountaineer, November, 1908. Vol. I, No. 4. Seattle, Washington. 

 ^ The Alps in Nature and History. By W. A. B. Coolidge. Green cloth, 

 extra gilt. Pp. xx-^44.0. $2.50 net. E. P. Button & Co. 



