SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Notice in this column doss not necessarily preclude subsequent review.]
The April number of the Geographical Journal prints the interesting addresses recently given by members of the forth- coming expedition to Mount Everest, with photographs and a map. The first thing to be done is to survey the unknown country round the base of the mountain, and to .determine its exact position among the many high neighbouring peaks of the Himalayas. Mr. F. C. Cornell describes the almost unknown lower reaches of the Orange River. His descriptions and still more his photographs explain why few travellers have persevered in following the course of the river, for the country is incredibly rugged and barren. The great falls below Upington are, according to Mr. 'Cornell, higher than the Victoria Falls and more than twice as high as Niagara, " but the impression they leave is rather one of terror than of pleasure, of awe rather than of beauty."
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