III. [The North Pole]

IV. [The Mountains of the Moon]

V. [The South Pole]

VI. [Mount McKinley]

VII. [The Holy Cities of Islam]

VIII. [The Exploration of New Guinea]

IX. [Mount Everest]

LIST OF PLATES

[The Summit of Mount Everest] ... Frontispiece

[View of the Potala Monastery at Lhasa, with the Chortan in the foreground]