The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-30

forced by-a- bodyuof Inen, known as the
Northwest mountain police. and the ah-
thor tells us ina they have been W ontfer-
fully effective during number OF years
past in preserving the authority OF the
laws throughout this vast extent Of ter
ritory by means or a number OF men that
seems altogether Insufficient for that
purpose.
A student OF the nomenclature of this
territory soon discovers that the internal
region and its satanic presiding genius
have stamped themselves upon all the
prominent points, u popularity which may
be ascribed to a tendency which is promi-
nent among civilized people as well as
savage to dedicate prominent objects OF
nature to the internal regions or the master
spirit thereof. But one is impelled to
the belief that in spite of the accident Of
names it is a country OF wondrous charm,
where the lakes yield trout OF thirt y-four
pounds, where the rivers OF clear mountain
Gus blue rush by at the rate OF ten miles
an hour, where the naturalist may study
his Deyonian and Carboniferous Jnestones
on the surface, where perpetual snow white
caps the altitudinous horizon and the artist
sees the strange lights made as the smoke
from unseen forest fires obscures the peaks
and Sits the sunshine as through u yellow
pail. The author tells us that in this
northern Latitude during June and July the
sun does not set until O'Clock, and the
twilight is so bright that fine print can
be read out OF doors till i O'Clock, and
there is. in fact, more or less light at
midnight s.'si
He tells OF an unusual freak Of the ele-
mcnts: I'm the sumner OF S95, afterhav-
ing suffered from long period OF intensely
hot weather in the East, arrived at Banff
on the 18th OF June. 1t was showing and
the station platform was covered to a
depth OF six inches. The next day, how
ever, / assembled Tunnel Mountain and
found IA most extraordinary combination OF
summer and winter effects. The snow
still rema ined ten or twelve inches deep
on the mountain sides, though it had al
ready nearly disappeared in the valley.
Under this rwiniry mantle were many va
rieties OF beautiful flowers in full bloom,
and, most Conspicuous OF all, wild roses in
prorusion, apparently uninjured by this I'M
usually late snow storm. l made a sad
discovery near the top OF the mountain.
Seeing little bird lily up from the ground
apparently out OF the snow, l examined
more closely and observed 4 narrow SHOW
tunnel leld;n. down to the ground. Re
moving the snow l found a nest of four
Or five young birds, all dead, their feeble
spark OF life chilled by the damp SNOW,
while the mother bird had been. even when
] arrived, vainly trying TO nurse them back
tolife."
From. the superb cngravure and Mr.. VIII
coN's description, Lake Louise must DE the
original basin of Heavens dews and the
distant Mount LEROY and its attendant set
ting the most imposing scene in the range.
The plea sure grows, the author tells US, as
one continues To gaze at the immense mass:
harsh and stern ana cold though it be, 1t
eNcites awe and wonder as though here
were the rocky foundation and subStratum
of the globe. This is the abode OF perpet-
ual winter, where ice and snow and bleak
rocks exist apart Here all Is grand but
menacing, dangerous and forbiddng. And
these high mountains and deep valleys, sug-
geStiug that some awful storm at sea had
become pctrificd into colossal waves to
stand at rest forever, have been carved
out by rain and running water, frost and
change OF temperature, through the lapse
of countlesS ages.
Thus with an experienced and Sympa-
thctiC Cy.. las The author OF his delight
full and indeed valuable book observed and
recorded. His fidelity and style grace
confound one in determining which is
more engaging, the matter or the manner
II is book for the adventurous, the trav-
eler, the nat ura list and the artist, and for
anyone vino reliSheS the meat Of fact sea-
sonei with the sauce of diverting narrative.
INDUSTRIOUS students and observing
editors are diminishing gradually the
| value and necessity FOR that tritc
| commentary on new publications:
This is "a book which fills long
felt want There remain few eminent
characters or CONSPICUOUS periods which
have not found their biographies aud his
torianS 1t is somewhat singular that dis
crepancy has not been noted before, and
its elimination in the DreSent instance is