ALASKA : An Empire in the Making. By John J.
Underwood. Illustrated. (The Bodley Head. 12s. 6d. net.)
Ix defining the spirit of the vast American State, its gold, glaciers, volcanoes, forests and distances, Mr. Underwood almost succumbs to the lonely Yukon of extravagant film or fiction, but on his own ground of personal experience, historical and economical facts, he is sound and illuminating. He depicts clearly this great country of contrasts, of northward Indians, Eskimos, the hunting grounds of caribou, bear and moose, of fishing, whaling, mining, its sensational history, of discovery, Russian depredation, gold stampedes, and the possibilities of its equable climate, its untold wealth in crops, minerals and water power. The canning salmon industry alone repays twice yearly the seven million dollars for which Russia bartered an empire during the Crimean War.
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