"In this third edition there are so many additions and im- I provements, that this very beautiful volume is still more attractive and beautiful than before."-Standard.

"Its numerous wood-engravings are all of great excellence, charming as pictures, and admirable as examples of Art. The book contains an immense amount of information, conveyed by the pen and the pencil; for the author, too, has done his work thoroughly well."-Art Journal.

"In every way an attractive volume, one of the best works of the kind; the present edition contains upwards of thirty new illustrations, and has been carefully revised. admirable gift-book, and very cheap."-Record.

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"It is enough commendation to say that the pencil is for the most part Mr. Whymper's, for he is surpassed by no living artist in the vigour and truth with which he expresses mountain forms. . . . . . The 'pen' is confessedly subordinate to the pencil'; but it plays an admirable second, not wasting its ink on mere reiterated expressions of admiration or laboured descriptions, which never succeed in really describing anything, but selecting choice morsels of historical association, picturesque anecdotes of mountain climbing, and classical passages from the great writers in prose and verse, who have illustrated the Alps by their genius."-Guardian.