CLIMBS AND EXPLORATIONS IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES.
Climbs and Explorations in the Canadian Rockies. By H. E. II. Stutfield and J. Norman Collie, F.R.S. (Longmans and Co. 12s. 6d.)—The fascination of the scenery of the Canadian Rockies is spreading fast among mountaineers. This enthusiastic descrip- tion of several short exploring climbs made from the Canadian Pacific Railway as a basis gives us the reason. Travellers have found that there are thousands of square miles and thousands of peaks, and the wildest and the most uncivilised scenery in existence, and that a single hour's march will place them in the midst of it. The mountain forests are incomparable, and the extra- ordinary difficulties of travel in them compensate for the inferior altitude of the peaks as compared to the Alps and the easier climb- ing problems they present to the mountaineer. The main outline of the expedition is as follows. From Laggan they worked up the Siffieur River and the North Fork of the Saskatchewan to Mount Diadem, Mount Fraser, and the Columbia icefield ; from Field they journeyed to the Freshfield Glacier, and from Donald they made the most interesting trip of all, up the Bush River. Sundry shorter expeditions were made to fill in time and to settle dis- puted points. The altitude of Bush River and its situation, for instance, had been hopelessly misplaced on the maps. Notwith. standing the bad weather, the landscapes compelled every one's admiration, especially the lakes, in which the Alps are deficient. The excellent photographs and the map show to what use the party put their time. Interested climbers must consult the book and its map for particulars of a series of scientifically arranged trips and a truthful account of the difficulties of bush travelling.
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