Outline Sketches in the High Alps of Dauphin4 By T.
G. Bonney, M.A., F.G.S., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. (Longman and Co.) Mr. Bonney has limited himself to the composition of a guide- book for travellers in a country which is very little known. But his description of the scenery and country, if simple, is always clear, scholar- like, and unaffected. He has also illustrated his book with a profusion of sketches of mountain outlines, for which he offers very unnecessary apologies, and which have been very beautifully reproduced by Mr. Adlard. The author tells us that he is never quite contented with an Alpine view till he can identify every summit in it, and with his book in their hands future travellers will be able nearly, if not quite, to come up to his ideal. Whether he will induce many pilgrims to follow in his steps may be more doubtful—for he admits that meat can seldom be had, that bread and wine are equally sour, that the anberges are filthy, and the beds are "entomological vivaria." Nor does he seem more enamoured of the people of Dauphine.
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