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Mr. Edward Arnold's List. 



THE EXPLORATION OF THE CAUCASUS. 



By DOUGLAS W. FRESHFIELD, 

 Lately President of the Alpine Club, and Honorary Secretary of the Royal; 



Geographical Society. 



With Contributions by H. W. Holder, J. G. Cockin, H. Woolley, M. De 

 Dechy, and Prof. Bonney, D.Sc, F.R.S. 



Illustrated by 3 Panoramas, 74 Full-page Photogravures, about 140 Illustra- 

 tions in the text, chiefly from Photographs by Vjttorio Sella, and 4 

 Original Maps, including the first authentic map of the Caucasus specially 

 prepared from unpublished sources by Mr. Freshfield. 



In two volumes, large 4to., 600 pages, Three Guineas net. 



' We can only say, in a word, that a more interesting, more vivid, more conscientious, 

 more exhaustive, and in parts more thrilling, account of a region as yet comparatively un- 

 known has never come before us. No record of exploration has ever been published in 

 this country in so splendid a material form, and, beyond contradiction, no pictures of 

 mountains to illustrate the exploits of climbers have approached the very numerous photo- 

 graphs of Signor Sella.' — Daily Chronicle, 



' Mr. Freshfield's work on the Caucasus is not merely the most important mountaineering 

 book of the year, but probably the most important that has been published since the time 

 of Tyndall and Ball. Every part of Mr. Freshfield's book is solid, and will remain perma- 

 nently valuable. It brings within two volumes the record of everything that has been done 

 and the substance of everything that has been learnt during the first twenty-eight years of 

 Caucasian exploration by expert climbers.' — Manchester Guardian, 



' Two superb volumes. No book of travel or exploration within our remembrance has 

 disclosed such a wealth of illustration as the one now before us, in which are depicted 

 every Caucasian range and mountain of any moment with perfect clearness and sharpness. 

 There is not one blurred photograph or drawing in the whole collection. Nothing has 

 been omitted that could impart completeness to this magnificent work.' — Daily Telegraph, 



' What singles these magnificent volumes out on a very brief inspection from all cliiiibing 

 literature is that for once the illustrations are worthy of the text. If the publishers had 

 done nothing beyond giving us these magnificent reproductions from the cameras which 

 Signor Sella and others have carried upwards of 16,000 feet above the sea, they would still 

 be entitled to our praise and gratitude. Mr. Freshfield has given us truly one of the most 

 delightful and inspiring works upon the "everlasting hills" which any library can hold, 

 and it is produced and illustrated with a sumptuousness which it is a pleasure to find so 

 well hesiO'NQd.'— Birmingham Post. 



'The two volumes are "great," not only from the prosaic standpoint of measurement 

 and avoirdupois, but pre-eminently so in the more meritorious sense of representing infinite 

 labour in the amassing of materials at first hand, and high literary and artistic skill in 

 blending letterpress and photography in a way calculated to extort the admiration even of 

 the most stoical reader.' — Liverpool Post. 



' A princely example of British scholarship.' — Glasgow Herald. 



' Enough, perhaps, has been said in recommendation of these volumes, which are instruc- 

 tive without being didactic, full of novel information without any suggestion of guide-book 

 literature, which contain most graphic descriptions of the scenery, without ever descending 

 to word-painting, and which contrive to impart freshness even to the well-worn theme of 

 mountain and glacier expeditions. It would be difficult to praise too highly the map. 

 Only a few in this country will be able to appreciate the geographical knowledge and the 

 infinite labour that the construction of this map must have cost. For the first time the 

 topography of this great mountain-chain from Elbruz to Kasbek is laid down in its entirety 

 with accuracy, and the extent of the glacial system is clearly demonstrated on a scale of 

 about 3^ miles to one inch.' — Mr. Clinton Dent, in The Daily News. 



