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peaks of the Rockies and making studies on the upper slopes. He 

 devotes one chapter to a graphic story of his experiences in the 

 wilds without firearms and he declares as the result of many trips 

 that he is content to take the chances without the burden of 

 weapons. 



This volume is full of incidents, capitally told. In fact, it is one 

 of the best open-air books issued in years, because of the writer's 

 enthusiasm and his power of making the reader share in his own 

 pleasure in wild nature. The volume is finely illustrated from 

 photographs. 



This important volume by Major- 

 Haxd-Book of .\laska : ^^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^^^^^^^ United States 

 Its Resoui^ces, Products, ^ ^^^^^^ ^-^^^^ 



AND Attractions. =^ ^^^^^^ Alaska, is the first compre- 



hensive and altogether satisfactory book on that great and largely 

 unknown country as it is to-day. General Greely, Chief Signal 

 Officer, U. S. A., and former Arctic Explorer, is, by his many 

 visits to Alaska and by his knowledge of the territory, its indus- 

 tries, and its people, thoroughly equipped for writing such a book, 

 and he has produced an exhaustive, authoritative, and interest- 

 ing volume. It is a complete picture of Alaska to-day in its 

 geographical, commercial, social, and industrial and political con- 

 ditions. A book invaluable to any one who is going to the 

 territory for any purpose, and at the same time of the greatest 

 serviceableness as a reference book. 



^ A valuable volume, of unusual interest to 



The Biota OF THE ^ . 11 jj j ^ r-i u' 



^ ^ Caliiornians, has been added to the Club s 



^ '^ ' librarv in Joseph GrinnelFs "Biota of the 



Mountains, T c -d tvt • " ^ 



' San Bernardmo jNIountams, a recent pub- 



hcation of the University of California. Mr. Grinnell's exhaust- 

 ive study of the various forms of life in the region he describes 

 will interest not only Southern Cahfornians, but all those who 

 are familiar with the birds, mammals, plants or trees of the 

 northern Sierra, as they are in many cases identical. The author 

 always notes the zonal distribution of the species under observa- 

 tion, the locaHties and dates of his studies, and frequently dwells 

 at some length upon the more intimate and individual character- 

 istics of his subjects of study. This gives the volume a pecuHar 

 value to the general reader, for whom many such passages as 



* Hand-Book of Alaska: Its Resources, Products, and Attractions. By 

 Major-General A. W. Greely, U. S. A. Charles Scribner's Sons, 153-157 

 Fifth Avenue, New York. $2.00 net. 



t The Biota of the San Bernardino Mountains. By Joseph Grinnell. 

 University of California Publications in Zoology. 



