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until now few human eyes have seen. But men will long con- 

 sider before tunneling granite cliffs above a reservoir. If 

 Hetch-Hetchy is dammed the canon trail is doomed, and the 

 people of this nation are deprived at one blow of two of their 

 best sources of future enjoyment and recreation." W. E. C. 



A paper by George D. Abraham, in the 

 "Mountain Climbing j^^^^^ ^^^g^ ^y^^^^,^ ^.^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ 



AS A Sport. consideration of our mountaineering 



members. While the rules enumerated therein apply particularly 

 to the Alpine regions of Europe and the North, still many of the 

 points made hold good in our more hospitable Sierra Nevada. 



Especially noteworthy and true are his remarks on footwear. 

 Many of our members, trusting to the glib, but ignorant, if not 

 dishonest shoe salesman, when outfitting for their first trip to 

 the mountains, have subsequently found that so-called Elkhide 

 soles are worthless in the mountains ; for only honest oak-tanned 

 soles, without water-proofing of any kind, will hold nails and 

 withstand the granite of the Sierra for a month. 



This paper on mountaineering is particularly timely, and 

 World's Work is to be commended for making it so widely 

 available. E. T. P. 



^ ^ This is the picturesque title of Dr. Fred- 



To THE Top of the • 1 a 1 > ^ r ^1 ^ £ 



erick A. Cook s account of the ascent of 



Continent. McKinley. As the publisher's adver- 



tisement states it, the book is "An adventurous tale of a perilous 

 trip up rushing glacial streams in a motor boat; of moose, cari- 

 bou, mountain sheep, and bear; of frosty days and gloomy nights; 

 and of the final conquering of the highest peak on this continent, 

 Mt. McKinley, 20,390 feet high." 



The introduction makes an immediate appeal to such as are 

 members of the free-masonry of mountaineers. We cannot do 

 better than to quote the words of the author: — 



"Mountaineering as we assume it in this venture is a depart- 

 ment of exploration, and as such it is worthy of a higher appre- 

 cation than that usually accorded it. . . . [It] is too often put 

 down as a kind of dare-devil sport, of risky feats on cloud- 

 piercing pinnacles ; but in climbing there is an inspiration expand- 

 ing with the increase of vision." 



This twofold interest attaches to the whole story; the love of 

 exploration and actual discovery, and the rapture of the enlarged 

 vision; the instinct of the geographer, and the sensibility of the 

 artist. To all who have ever stood 



" Silent upon a peak in Darien " 

 this book addresses itself. 



