Curiosities of Travel; or, Glimpses of Nature. By Charles Armar
Wilkins. 2 vols. (Tinsley Brothers.)—In these two volumes the author has cleverlyput together various descriptions of some of the most remark- able phenomena of the earth. The first chapter is naturally given to to the "Polar World ; " on this naturally follows the subject of "Alps and Glaciers," illustratedby such scenes as Mr. Whymper's fatal ascent of the. Matterhorn ; " Steppes and Deserts ;" " Caverns and Grottoes "(in which we may note the account of " The Painted Caverns of Australia," a curious proof of s. civilisation now extinct); " Volcanoes," "Earth- quakes," and " The Ocean " are successively treated of. The book is a compilation, but it is well done, giving as it does some of the most striking passages in the best books of travel.
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