Mountaineering Below the Snow-Line. By 1J. Paterson. (Ridg- way.)—The localities
from which Mr. Paterson draws his description of mountaineering—mountaineering, as he is careful to explain, of the humbler sort—are four; Snowdonia, the peaks and passes near Boawfell, the Valley of Ethic*, and Saetersdal and Thelemarken, in South Norway. We prefer, of the form divisions of the book, the last ; but all are pleasantly written, and all may be studied profitably by those who, not aspiring to such adventures as the ascent of the Matterhorn, or the Caucasian or Himalayan peaks, are content with the "lesser Alpe." There are occasional carelesenesses in the style, as when the author condescendingly remarks of a fine view that it was worthy of a sketch in his book ; but, on the whole, therm records of summer excursions will agreeably entertain a winter hour, and prove profitable besides for summer walks.
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