New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
n,,1,c 1yo,,Ps IN THE ALPS.

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r. volume. Professor Tyndau is presented in
a. LIGHT of a bold mOuntaneer, an mdauh'eo
rxr,orer. and genial companion, rather than OF the
,loouont expounder of physical science ana the III
rops ANALYST Of the forces of the visible universe
Whatever doubt may be thrown 10y the over-zeaIous
,onservators Of the faith upon the Soundness oil MS
religions speculationS no one can 1au 10 recos""o
,;,' IN This work as vigorous example of muscular
CHRISTIANITY. Its contents are made up oil papers
written during the last ten years, and now printed IN
theorder Of the incdentsto which theyr deSclp
sc tho adventures of the author in Alpine climbing
branch Of exertion in which he has gained no less
bruiant rerutatOn than in the department. oil scleh-
,;6c research and exposition. Professor lNhdall Is
master Of a singuarly agreeable narrative style Ills
descriptions always exhibit warm colorlng OF per
sonaltv hut not a tnge of unpleasant egotiSlu' TIC
Is TO be sure the hero of his own story but never
boastful obtrusive or eager for praise. HIS manner
has a certain arch simplicity, with all the frahkieSS
Of child hut with tone Of profound earneStneSs'
and an underCurrent of lively humor, One oi INC
finest specimens Of description IN the volume may
he found in the paper devoted to the GnmSe ana
the Eggiscbhorn, from which we take one or TWO
paragraphs ,
This Grimsel is a weird region-a monument carved
with hCrogyphies more ANCIENT and more erhd san
those Of Nineveh or the Nile. IL Is "I'iu us
are evidences of the existence and the might Of the
@iScioys which once held possession of the place
aronnd the rocks are carved and uted and polished
and scored Here and there angular pieces Oh quart,
held fast by the inserted their edges into the rocks
snd scratched them like diamonds the scratches varying
in depth and width according to the magnude OF the
cutting stone Larger masses, hed similarly ChISiNJE
scooped longitudinal depressons in the rocks over whc
they TGS BY m1 SS Se c e anrcP will
wear a stone away much more would an ice surface
squeezed into perfect co9'aSI ny nnSp Wcb for
rub away the asperhcS OF Ihe rocks over M;Sn ~,
AGES il forced 10 slide. The rocks thus peed ~
that il is impossible to stand on them where rncna
ion 10 at an considerable. But what world IT must
restore the state of things IN thought and in doing we
wnTd swi5eiand in those DAYS could not ne SO grand
is Pour ice into those valleys ~ they are
MED, and you eliminate those contrasts OF hight and
dCpth which the grandeur of Alpine scenery depends
Instead of scy ana deepent 9orSeS we ioG
have icy dotted with dreary Islands formed ny Tue
highest mountainous.
In the Afternoon stroed up to the siedchCrn; As
stood upon broken summit of the mountain the AR
was without a cloud and the sunbeams fell directly
aea1 the Grow S ana cr Of 81 te e Rbone Tc Level
above the great icecascade. the fail ITSELF
sntiy ar hand At the base Of the a the ice underoes
extraordinary tranSformatoni 1t reaches IT. place
more or less amorphous quits il most beautifully lam
mated the change being due to The pressure endured at
glacier here quite visible the dwindllng OF the
wrinkles into bands and the subdivision OF these bands
into lines which mark the edges Of the lanine OF which
the glacier at this place mp. Beyond amid the
al the opposite side OF The khone valley lay
the Cries glacier, hall its snow in shadow, and bali l-
minated nv the sinking Round farther to the rgh
wore the Monte Leone and other grand masses me
,RoyE cones Jumping gaH IN Ihe cb so Te 10
meet the ncmes Of the Mischabel, and in the wedge of
space carved ont between th. two the Materhon lifts
it, terrible head.
wheeling farther in the same direction, we at length
strike the mighty spurs OF the FnSeIaarhorn, between
mon Of cIevasses, no fantastic cepnnacles nothing 10
Indicate The operation Of those tremendous forces ny
Which glacier sometimes rcnds its own breast. The
head OF IaueIaaI gllcier-the sceckhorn. whose cli
side Will scale BelWccu the
sohIcckhOIn and Fnsteraarhorn curious group OF
peaks encrcle fat snow-held from which the
tunboams sare flung in blazing lines immediately
eeow IS the unteIar gacel Win long black stT,ak
wrigclng down the valley Beyond 1t and Hawking Is
into fluctuations which suggest resemblance TO cocks
comb To the very root Of the comb the mountains have
stone OF uuspeakable dcsolation it must have been
when switzerland alone, but all Europe thus in
cascd in frozen aunOu-when glacier from Ben Nevis
damned the mouth OF GlenrOy and Llanberls and Bor
rodaie were plowed by frozen shares sent down
by snowdon and scawfell-when from The
Rocks OF Maglicnddy came ne NAVIGATOR GATOR
through The mountains the Gap of Dmloe EyGnn9
came and moved downwaTds over heapcd bowldei,
rounded rocks Of the Grmse making long springs at in
tc.Vas over "a" polished ncDes and reaching the hos
pee the ben rings it, inmates 10 their evening meal
The following picture of the desolate submity of
the JunCfrau and Its snow-cappcd companions, as
seen from the Eggischhorn, was suggestedby a soi-
taIy walk to the summit Of the mountain.
wooden cross reached by many storms sur;
al tie hase of il I now take my place and scan
he surrounding scene. Down nom us DiIthIlaceln
Great AescA c.t Is aims ar tLloWu round i .ilc
TrilcbCrc, the GetscAcrhOrE the Mehorn the Aetsch
Horu AID many another noble pile, the tributary snow,
descend AID chicken into ice. The mountains are wei
protected 10y their wutry aud hence the quantity
Ui ii dr.S upon the glacier j. comparatively small; sun
Ic Vieut noIancs. Right and left from heSe longu-
dual haucs finer curves. twisted here and there
INTO complex winnings, which marx the Ialnllailon
a ihc sl,.ectH zee ne &!aeler mes IN 1tlfE,
thrown into state OF strain, the ice breaks sroSs the
line % tension curious system OF obque glacier rayn,s
the glacier above the Fahcrg pure snowto'd stretches
inward 10 the Col dc Ia Juneii au, which untrs the
Maiden 10 tie Monk. skies and submits are to-day
the sharpness Of the outlines Jungfrau, Monk, Eigcr,
horn, all gIandly pierce tie empyrean Like saul OF
mountains the Fnsteraarhorn oyerops all m negh3ors;
tlcn We have the OteraaIhorn, with the riven
glacier OF VescA rolling from his shoulders. Below Is
ing cebyres snowy white, sailing on 6lue-green sea-
Byond IS the range which divides the Valais from Italy
Sweeping round. the vision meets an aggregate OF leahs
which look, a. Hetgiugs 70 their mother, toward the
mighty Dom. Then come the repellEnt crdgs OF Mont
tdvn. The idea OF moral saydEeIl. OF WIlu
ferOCIty, mil ing invO.uEary with our contemplation
grand. conveying II may be even deeper impression
vi majesty ana might than the MatterhoIn itsef-the
But beauty associated with its force. and we think Of
TisIt il The Great Combine other peaks crowd around
b while NJ the extremity Of the curve along which the
gaze has swept rises the sOvran Gown of Mont Blame.
And now Is The day sinks, scrolls Of pcaTly clouds
around the mcuntqn-cge,ts aud are waited from them
into the distant air They without color Of any kind;
bat their Tace Of form aud luster are not TO be de-
eCIIbed.
Another thrilling sketch of a different aspect %
the same scene describes the rescue of man from
cIevasse
Mr. Huxley and myself had been staying toI some days
af CrUCc vald. hoping for steady weather, and looking
81 times into the wild and noble region which the Shr III
horn INC Wettorhcrn the VesCheThOTncT, ana the Egcr
feed with eternal SHOWS. We have scanned the
mattresses the Junsfrau with view 10
fgEs NJ
Monk rom the Wengem Alp to the AIetsch
glacier. The weather for time kept hopes and fears
neruately anat hut hmaLly IL declared against