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"The Arctic Ernest Thompson Seton's voyage of over 2,000 miles 

 Prairies"$ in a canoe into the region north of Aylmer Lake has 

 for its attractive title "The Arctic Prairies." The writer 

 throws in enough of his field-notes to give the book a scientific turn, 

 but its chief charm lies in the delights of a camper's experiences, carry- 

 ing beds and provisions over untrodden mountains or on bright river 

 reaches far away from civilization. The journey carries one at first 

 through thick forests where buffalo herds dwell, then farther north to 

 the open prairies, where are found caribou on the extensive heath, 

 bright with summer flowers. "Color, color, color everywhere," well 

 exemplifying nature's garden law, "Mass your color to gain effect." 



L. M. R. 



"Mt. Rainier Mr. F. E. Matthes of the U. S. Geological Sur- 



AND Its Glaciers"* vey has a most interesting pamphlet on the 

 Rainier glaciers, their origin, their course, and 

 their size. The fifteen glaciers each receive individual treatment, with 

 excellent photographs by different artists. L. M. R. 



"CALiFORNiA"t It is rare to find such a balance of excellence exist- 

 ing between text and illustrations as in Mary Aus- 

 tin's "California" and Mr. Sutton Palmer's illustrations, delicate and 

 f^feserved in coloring. Mrs. Austin has distilled for us the essence of 

 each unique locality in this State of inexhaustible natural wonders and 

 with the vision of a poet described it to us, without, however, sacrific- 

 ing accuracy of scientific detail. Of that noble adopted tree the euca- 

 lyptus, she says : "At all times it has a beautiful resiliance to the 

 wind, bowing with a certain courtHness without compulsion and re- 

 covering as if by conscious harmonious effect." Altogether it is a 

 book which will be welcomed by all lovers of California as most 

 worthily setting forth its charms. L. F. O'C. 



t The Arctic Prairies. By Ernest Thompson Seton. Charles Scribner's Sons, 

 191 1. 405 pages, photographs and sketches and the author, 



* Mt. Rainier and Its Glaciers. Mt. Rainier National Park. By F. E, Matthes. 

 Published by the Department of the Interior. 19 14. Price, fifteen cents. 



t California, The Land of the Sun. ^ Painted by Sutton Palmer; described by 

 Mary Austin. New York. The Macmiiian Company. 1914. 178 pages. Price. 

 S4.00 net 



