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itself in the ocean. Mountain lovers will revel in the splendid 

 photographs and take particular pleasure in the chapters describ- 

 ing the lakes and the snow peaks. M. R. P. 



, ^ The State of Washington is fortunate 



Vancouver s Discovery . , . 



^ ^ „ m numbering among its citizens a man 



OF PuGET Sound. , r i j 4. u • 



whose careful and earnest research is 



rescuing from oblivion many interesting facts of its early history. 

 "Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound,"* a recently published 

 volume by Mr. Edmond S. Meany, professor of history at the 

 University of Washington, is a unique compilation of the life 

 stories of the men in whose honor so many of the geographical 

 features of the Sound region were named. A brief review of the 

 political situation and biographies of Captain George Vancouver 

 and of the most prominent Spanish voyager, Don Juan Francisco 

 de la Bodega y Quadra, introduce the reader to the scene and the 

 principal actors ; and a reprint of portions of Captain Vancouver's 

 original diary is the vehicle chosen for the narrative of the dis- 

 covery. Professor Meany, however, has added much interest to 

 the recital by the light thrown, not only upon the principal char^ 

 acters, but upon every person whose name figures in the diary 

 and upon the charts of the voyage. It is interesting to find that 

 many of the best known features of the Northwest, Mt. Baker, 

 Puget Sound, Whidbey Island, etc., were named for the men who 

 suffered so many hardships and privations on the good ships 

 "Discovery" and "Chatham," and that Vancouver honored his 

 trusted and tried subordinates quite as often as he did the noble 

 Lords of the Admiralty at home. Vancouver states that it was 

 difficult to learn any fixed names that the Indians had bestowed. 

 We may regret that the name of Kulshan, the Great White 

 Watcher, had never come to his ears when his lieutenant. Baker, 

 was so signally honored, but we cannot but rejoice that Lieutenant 

 Peter Puget appeared upon the scene in time to save one of the 

 beautiful gulfs of the world from its ancient cognomen, Whulge. 



M. R. P. 



^ „ Very few of the year's out-of-door books 



"The Grizzly Bear ^^^^^ ^.jjj^^ ^ V^right^s re- 



cent volume, "The Grizzly Bear : the Narrative of a Hunter- 

 Naturalist,"t in interest and originality. Mr. Wright tells the 

 story of how a quaint old book on bear hunting in California 

 turned his thoughts as a child to this form of sport, how he was 



* Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound. By Edmond S. Meany. 

 The Macmillan Company, publishers. 



t The Grizzly Bear. By William H. Wright. Charles Scribner's 

 Sons. Price, $1.50. 



