248 Sierra Club Bulletm. 



"Mountain The President of The Mountaineers, Professor 

 Campfires."* E. S. Meany, has published a small volume of 

 verses, most of which, he says in his preface, were 

 written for his companions of the outings and read at the camp- 

 fires. Those who have traveled the trails of the northern forests 

 and climbed the peaks with Professor Meany will accord the 

 book a double welcome, as it brings back to them the scenes of 

 the campfires they have enjoyed together; but the verses will 

 undoubtedly gain a wider audience and new friends wherever 

 the charm of the mountain world is understood. M. R. P. 



"Cone-Bearing Trees A small handbook of the conifers of the 

 OF THE California Sierra foothills and alpine regions is Mr. 

 Mountains."! Chase's second venture in California 



mountain literature. The book is in- 

 tended as a knapsack companion for trampers just beginning to 

 take an interest in tree life. It is unfortunate that the photo- 

 graphic reproductions are so blurred and indistinct, for much of 

 the book's usefulness depends upon the illustrations. A brief 

 description of the appearance and general characteristics of the 

 trees and a sketch of branch and cone accompanies each photo- 

 graph. M. R. P. 



"The Mountain Admirers of that very attractive book, "The 

 That Was God.'' Mountain That Was God," by John H. 



Williams, will be glad to hear of a new and 

 very much enlarged edition recently published. Nearly fifty ad- 

 ditional photographs enhance the value of the new volume. 

 Among them is a very fine portrait of John Muir. Mr, Williams 

 promises a new book shortly, to cover the field of the lower 

 Columbia River and its three snow peaks, Hood, St. Helens, and 

 Adams. 



"Bibliography of A list of nearly four hundred magazine 

 National Parks." articles on National Parks, Reservations, 

 and Monuments has been published by the 

 Department of the Interior. Copies may be obtained upon ap- 

 plication to the Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 



^Mountain Campfires. By Edmond S. Meany. Lowman & Hanford Co., 

 Seattle, 191 1. 90 pages. 



^Cone-Bearing Trees of the California Mountains. By J. Smeaton Chase, 

 A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 191 1. 99 pages; illustrations from photo- 

 graphs an^ drawings. Price, 75 cents. 



