FIVE MONTHS IN THE HIMALAYAS.
A Record of Mountain Travel in Garhwal and Kashmir.
By A. L. MUMM,
Late Honorary Secretary of the Alpine Club.
Magnificently illustrated with Photogravure Plates and Panoramas, and
a Map. Royal 8vo. 21s. net.
The first and principal portion of this volume contains an account of a journey through the mountains of Garhwal made by the author in May, June, and July, 1907, with Major the Hon. C. G. Bruce and Dr. T. G. Longstaff, whose names are already well known in connexion with Himalayan mountaineering. The tour has considerable geographical interest, which is enhanced by a magnificent series of original photographs of scenes never before submitted to the camera, and it was rendered memorable by the fact that in the course of it Dr. Longstaff reached the summit of Trisul, 23,415 feet above the level of the sea, the loftiest peak on the earth's surface whose actual summit has, beyond all doubt or question, been trodden by man.
Later on, Major Bruce and Mr. Mumm proceeded to Kashmir, where they climbed Mount Haramukh, whose snowy crest is familiar to all visitors to 'the happy valley'; and made a 'high-level route' down the range of mountains which separates Kashmir from Kagan. Their photographic spoils were of an interest hardly inferior to those of the Garhwal journey.
PAINTING IN THE FAR EAST.
An Introduction to the History of Pictorial Art in Asia, especially China and Japan.
By LAURENCE BINYON.