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Prof. Geo. T. Surface, of Yale University, says: "We are well 

 aware of the influences rife for suppressing any movement 

 which, for the well-being of posterity, thwarts the march of pre- 

 datory gain. It is, therefore, becoming that we emphasize in 

 a way which cannot be misunderstood, the importance of con- 

 serving some of nature's stores on a sufficiently large scale, not 

 only to fulfill adequately the urgent demands of this generation, 

 but to meet the more pressing demands of our children and those 

 who shall come after them." . . . "The cities will grow larger 

 and more numerous . . . and so great will be the number needing 

 and seeking recreation that the mountain reservations will afford 

 neither quiet nor privacy, unless large areas be acquired in this 

 generation." M. R. P. 



"Hawaii and Its Dr. Charles H. Hitchcock's recent book. 

 Volcanoes."* "Hawaii and Its Volcanoes," occupies a 

 unique place among the many books on this 

 interesting subject. Besides giving a very clear exposition of 

 the physiography of the Hawaiian Archipelago, Dr. Hitchcock 

 has collected from many different sources the history of the 

 exploration of the craters of Mauna Loa and ETilauea dating from 

 1790 to the present. Detailed descriptions of the conditions pre- 

 vailing in the two craters on the occasions of the various erup- 

 tions are quoted from the accounts of eye-witnesses and repro- 

 ductions are given of the original drawings and maps. John 

 Ledyard, one of Captain Cook's party, made the first known 

 attempt to ascend Mauna Loa in 1779, and his journal is exten- 

 sively quoted. Photographs of the later eruptions as far back 

 as 1877 give an added interest to this valuable work. Dr. Hitch- 

 cock is a professor in Dartmouth College, and one of the charter 

 members both of the Appalachian Mountain Club of Boston and 

 of the Trail and Travel Club of Hawaii. M. R. P. 



"The Mountain That No one who is at all interested in 

 Was GoD."t Mt. Rainier should fail to obtain a copy 



of this book, received too late for re- 

 view. The splendid illustrations alone make it an invaluable 

 possession to anyone who has ever seen, or who hopes to see, 

 this most glorious mountain of the Northwest. M. R. P. 



* Hawaii and Its Volcanoes. By Charles H. Hitchcock. The Hawaiian 

 Gazette Company, Ltd., Honolulu, 1909. 316 pages, profusely illustrated. 

 Price, $2.00. 



t The Mountain That Was God. By John H. Williams, Tacoma, Wash- 

 ington. Price, postpaid: boards, $1.12; paper, 57 cents. 



