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The Heart of Lakeland. By Lehmann J. Oppenheimer. (Shorratt and

Hughes. Os. net.)—This volume is largely occupied with the Lake region as it appears at times when it is not a popular resort, with certain out-of-the-way spots in it, and with the climbing of various difficult places. We are not prepared to lay down ethical laws for the practice of mountain-climbing. There must, how- ever, be some limit of risk beyond which it is not morally expedient to go ; and some of these exploits seem at least to• approach it. Would a society of amateur " steeplejacks " be a legitimate combination for purposes of amusement P