In conclusion, attention must be drawn to the remarkable photographs with which this Journal is more than liberally illustrated; pictures that, in the opinion of the reviewer, are alone worth the price of the book. It is difficult to find words to do justice to the grandeur of the Himalaya, the awful beauty of its snow-plumed peaks; but the camera has succeeded in capturing that which the pen, no matter how inspired, could scarcely hope to express. Here we have panoramic views, covering mountainous regions of many square miles, mighty crags and graceful pinnacles silhouetted against the sky, forming a Homeric setting for scenes of man's puny endeavour; vistas of snow and ice, suggesting, in their air of remoteness, a new, desolate and storm-ruled
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