An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc. By W. H. Le
Mesnrier. (Elliot Stock.)—This simple narrative will be read with interest by many tourists; bat it appeals principally to those whose love for mountains, eternal snows, glaciers, and dangerous adventure, equals that of the hero of the seven-hundred-and-sixty-eighth ascent (from Chamounix) of Mont Blanc,—that is, reckoning from Balmat's, in 1786. Long before the more prudent reader has followed the expedition to its goal, the perils so vividly depicted will have suppressed all desire to emulate the example of the two travellers, whose visit to the Grand Mulets, one fine July evening, led to their successful and more daring exploit the next day. The illustrations, though rough, add much interest to the story. In the appendix is found a résumé of the principal ascents of Mont Blanc since De Saassare's visit to Chamonix in 1760.
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