Mr. Edward Arnold's List of New Books 5 
THE BOOK OF WINTER SPORTS. 
With an Introduction by the Rt. Hon. the EARL OF LYTTON, 
and contributions from experts in various branches of sport. 
Edited by EDGAR SYERS. 
Fully illustrated. Demy 8 vo. 15s. net. 
Every winter more and more visitors are attracted to Switzerland, 
the Tyrol, and Scandinavia, to take part in the various winter sports 
of which this book is the first and only comprehensive account in 
English. Each sport is dealt with separately by an expert. Thus, 
Mr. and Mrs. Syers write on Skating, Mr. C. Knapp on Tobogganing, 
Mr. E. Wroughton on Ski-running, Mr. Bertram Smith on Curling, 
Mr. E. Mavrogordato on Bandy, and Mr. Ernest Law on Valsing on 
Ice. The various chapters give instructions in practice, rules, records, 
and exploits, as well as useful information as to hotels, hours of 
sunshine, the size and number of rinks, and competitions open to 
visitors at the different centres. The book contains a large number 
of original illustrations. It should be indispensable, not only to 
experts in the various sports, but to the far larger class of holiday¬ 
makers who engage in them as a pastime. 
FIVE MONTHS IN THE HIMALAYAS. 
:a IRecorb of /Iftountaln travel In ®arbwal anb Ikaebmlr. 
By A. L. MUMM, 
Late Honorary Secretary of the Alpine Club. 
Magnificently illustrated with Photogravure Plates and Panoramas , and 
a Map. Royal 8 vo. 21 s. net. 
The first and principal portion of this volume contains an account 
of a journey through the mountains of Garhwal made by the author 
in May, June, and July, 1907, with Major the Hon. C. G. Bruce and 
Dr. T. G. Longstaff, whose names are already well known in con¬ 
nexion with Himalayan mountaineering. The tour has considerable 
geographical interest, which is enhanced by a magnificent series of 
original photographs of scenes never before submitted to the camera, 
and it was rendered memorable by the fact that in the course of it 
Dr. Longstaff reached the summit of Trisul, 23,415 feet above the 
level of the sea, the loftiest peak on the earth’s surface whose actual 
summit has, beyond all doubt or question, been trodden by man. 
Later on, Major Bruce and Mr. Mumm proceeded to Kashmir, 
where they climbed Mount Haramukh, whose snowy crest is familiar 
to all visitors to 4 the happy valley ’; and made a 4 high-level route ’ 
down the range of mountains which separates Kashmir from Kagan. 
Their photographic spoils were of an interest hardly inferior to those 
of the Garhwal journey. 
