The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-06
NOTED TRAVELLER
 PUBLISHES GOOD
 BOOK ON ALASKA
Charlotte Cameron Gives h. teresting Description of
 Alaskan Scenery.

NJ. s. Whittier of this city, has Te- ceived an autographed copy of Char lotte Cameron's book, "A ChechahO in Alaska and Yukon" the result uI her summer spent in the North in 1919 Mrs. Cameron is said 10 be the widest travelled woman in the world. She has been in all of the out-of-the-way bypaths as well as the main travelled roads of the world and written books of travel or thc four corners of the world. She has had conferred upon her the Order e. the British Empire, for services ron- dered her country and is Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society oi London. Her Alaska book is one of the best that has been written of the North.
 In the preface of her book Mrs. Cameron declares that she had pas sion for geography as a child. and iI the rosy days of my youth, Nome away off at the end O. Alaska, ] possessed peculiar fascination tOi me" However. she had traveled il other sections first, and the know ledge that she had gained in SoCt.l 7 Afrisa. including the German African colonies, made her services in de- mand at her London home during the war It was in this service that she earned the Order of the British Empire. With the war over, she sailed for America. and in the sum mer of 1919 she left California loi 1. Alaska and the fascinating Nome.
 The book takes the reader frcm Seattle through Southeastern Alaska. . stopping at various towns, including | ketchikan, Juneau and SkdgWay. ! over the White Pass to CarcrOss anC . Atlin. thence back to Carcross. White ! horse and down the Yukon to Ddw- ! son. All these towns are accurately . portrayed. and many Interesting stOr- 1 ies of their scenic industrial anG . commercial activities. their history and their people are related with ii- | delity to truth and the spirit of the 1 North. From Dawson, she tah es her reader on down the Yukon to | Panama and up the Panama to Fair banks. Thence back to the Yukon i and again down that waterway to s Michael and thence to Nome. 5Ee pays tribute to many well known Ali askans including Gov. and Mrs. | Thomas Riggs, whom she visited dt Juneau, Senator and Mrs. J. R. Heck . -I,,D I,I the Yukon to Panama and with whom she caught up again at Nome, Mir and Mrs. Jafet Lindeberg. MT Whit tier and others. MT Whittier vas a fellow passenger from Vancouver to Juneau.
 The hook is interesting from cover to cover and true to conditions There is an incredibly small number of errors in the book which is in narrative form, but which branches off enough to give a very accurate treatise on the resources, activities . and history of Alaska and Yukon Territory. Time and again the au- thor pays tribute 10 the "great gea- erous people of the North" theu uni form kindness, chivalry, bravery and patriotism. She appeals to the Goy- ernments of the United States an3 Canada to aid in the development ef the country that the resources m!eA# yield their riches to mankind aal reward the adventurous and persever- ing pioneers of the land for then efforts in claiming il for civilization. Accurate pictures of the natives oi the North and human interest st6I- ies concerning people and even.s. enlven and make intensely interest. ing the very fine volume
 If the book secures the circulation that it very well merits ]. Will add immensely to knowledge of Alaska and Yukon
 Il is published by Fisher Cnw.a. London.