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exotic pheasant. But, according to Mr. Hudson, England is now but a "glori- 

 fied poultry-yard" in which the native species are slaughtered as vermin by 

 ignorant gamekeepers, who would even do away with the nightingales on the 

 ground that they disturb the slumbers of the "sacred bird" at night. 



The reviewer always finds pleasure and profit in reading Mr. Hudson's 

 books, for he is a naturalist who succeeds in communicating to his readers the 

 thrills he himself experiences in the field. Amelia S. Allen 



Mountain This book was obviously prepared before the war, for it is written 

 Craft* with a minuteness and thoroughness that could only have been 

 exercised in those days when patience had a chance in the world. 



Anyone planning a mountain trip in the Alps, or in any other range where 

 real difficulties of snow and ice or rock-climbing prevail, should consult this 

 book and make careful note of its wealth of suggestions and commit to memory 

 many of its precepts. 



The point of view is essentially that of the Alpine climber, however, and 

 the editor often lays emphasis upon matters that climbers in our American 

 mountains either take for granted or ignore. In the Sierra, of course, we are 

 almost entirely free from the dangers of storms and changing weather. Such 

 storms as we have are over so quickly and are of such little consequence that 

 the mountaineer pays little attention to them. But for this very reason a 

 Sierra climber contemplating a trip to any other portion of the world would 

 do well to study particularly the warnings contained in this book. 



For its purpose this book is admirable and should be in the library of every 

 mountaineer. Many of the chapters, particularly that on rock-climbing, con- 

 tain most valuable suggestions applicable to our own mountains. F. P. F. 



A Tour of This is a good book. It will doubtless fulfill the purpose 



America's for which it was written — to attract tourists to our national 



National Park£"|- parks. A book with such a purpose should be interesting 

 in substance, racy in style. It is not for the geologist, the 

 botanist, or the mountaineer. It is for Mr. Plain People and Wife who have 

 had a little windfall and wish to know where they can spend the money with 

 most profit and delight. Colonel Reik answers their questions deftly. He shows 

 them a number of good pictures, beginning with a very colorful autochrome. 

 He informs them concerning the hotels, the camps, the trails. He entices them 

 with accounts of glorious waters, soaring peaks, and miraculous geysers. Here 

 a little geology, there a little dendrology — but he will not satisfy the scientist 

 at the risk of wearying the retired banker. As his own style is not that of a 

 Parkman or a Muir, he opens each chapter with a bit of verse and seasons his 



* Mountain Craft. Edited by Geoffrey Winthrop Young. Charles Scribner's Sons, 

 New York. 1920. Price, $7.50. 



t A Tour of America's National Parks. By Henry Ottridge Reik, Lieutenant-Colonel, 

 Medical Corps, United States Army. E. P. Button & Co., New York. Price, $4.00 net. 



