RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD MOUNTAINEER.
By Walter Larden.
Fully Illustrated. Demy 8vo., cloth. 14s. net.
There are a few men in every generation, such as A. F. Mummery and L. Norman Neruda, who possess a natural genius for mountaineering. The ordinary lover of the mountains reads the story of their climbs with admiration and perhaps a tinge of envy, but with no thought of following in their footsteps—such feats are not for him. The great and special interest of Mr. Larden's book lies in the fact that he does not belong to this small and distinguished class. He tells us, and convinces us, that he began his Alpine career with no exceptional endowment of nerve or activity, and describes, fully and with supreme candour, how he made himself into what he very modestly calls a second-class climber—not 'a Grepon-crack man,' but one capable of securely and successfully leading a party of amateurs over such peaks as Mont Collon or the Combin.
THE MISADVENTURES OF A HACK CRUISER.
By F. Claude Kempson,
Author of 'The Green Finch Cruise.'
With 50 Illustrations from the Author's sketches.
Medium 8vo., cloth. 6s. net.
Mr. Kempson's amusing account of 'The Green Finch Cruise,' which was published last year, gave deep delight to the joyous fraternity of amateur sailor-men, and the success that book enjoyed has encouraged him to describe a rather more ambitious cruise he undertook subsequently. Mr. Kempson is not an expert, but he shows how anyone accustomed to a sportsman's life can, with a little instruction and common sense, have a thoroughly enjoyable time sailing a small boat. The book is full of 'tips and wrinkles' of all kinds, interspersed with amusing anecdotes and reflections. The Author's sketches are exquisitely humorous, and never more so than when he is depicting his own substantial person.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43, MADDOX STREET, W.
THE COTTAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND.
Charmingly Illustrated in Colour by Mrs. ALLINGHAM.