Peaks, passes, and glaciers
Subtitle: a series of excursions by members of the Alpine Club
By: edited by John Ball.
Contributors: Ball, John, d.1889.; Alpine Club.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts
Published: 1860
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
First sentence: In presenting this volume to the public it seems proper to offer some explanation of the circumstances that have led to its production. The European alps have long exerted a powerful attraction upon stangers from other lands; our countrymen and countrywomen, in particularhave been accustomed to seek health and enjoyment in repeated visits to the region where in matchless combinationthe sublime of snowclad peakand glacier is associated with the softer beauty of lake and valley;but for a long tome the crowds of tourists who annually beat visited the Alps were content to follow in certain beaten tracks, each one copying with almost servile fidelity the route followed by his predecessor.
Description: Pocket edition intended for use when travelling of the first guide to the European Alps by members of the Alpine Club. London. . Contains a tariff for the charges of the Chamonix Guides.
Table of contents: value: CHAP. I.  THE PASSAGE OF THE FENÊTRE DE SALENA, FROM THE COL DE BALME  TO THE VAL FERRET, BY THE GLACIER DU TOUR, THE GLACIER DE TRIENT, AND THE GLACIER DE SALENA.  By A. Wills, M.A.; value: CHAP. II.   A DAY AMONG THE SERACS OF THE GLACIER DU GflAN'J'.  By J. Tyndall, F.R.S ..; value: CHAP. III.   NOTES OF EXCURSIONS ON THE 'WEST SIDE OF MONT BLANC, INCLUDING  THE COL DE MIAGE.  By F. V. Hawkins, M.A.; value: CHAP. IV.  THE MOUNTAINS OF BAGNES, WITH THE ASCENTS OF THE VÉLAN, COMBIN, AND GRAFFENEIRE, AND THE PASSAGE OF THE COL DU MONT  ROUGE.  By W. Mathews, Jun., M.A.; value: CHAP. V.  FROM ZERMATT TO TH VAL D'ANNIVlERS, BY THE TRlFT PASS.  By T. W. Hinchliff, M.A.; value: CHAP. VI	 PASSAGE OF THE SCHWARZ THOR FROM ZERMATT TO AYAS.  By J. Ball, M.R.I.A., F.L.S; value: CHAP. VII.  ASCENT OF ONE OF THE MISCHABEL-HŐRNER, CALLED THE DOM.  By the Rev. J. Ll. Davies, M.A.; value: CHAP. VIII.  ASCENTS OF THE FLETSCH-HORN AND ALLELEINHORN.  By E. L. Ames, M.A.; value: CHAP. IX.  ASCENT OF THE SCHRECKHORN, By E. Anderson; value: CHAP. X. THE GRMSEL TO GRINDELWALD,-PASSAGE OF THE STRAHLECK. 	 By J. Ball, M.R.I.A, F.L.S,; value: CHAP. Xl. ASCENT OF THE FINSTERAARHORN. By Rev. J. F. Hardy, B.D.; value: CHAP. XII.  EXCURSION FROM THE EGGISCH-HORN TO THE MŐNCH SATTEL, OR COL DE LA JUNGFRAU. By E. H. Bunbury, M.A.; value: CHAP. XIII.  THE WILD STRUBEL AND OLDENHORN. By T. W. Hinchliff, M.A.; value: CHAP. XIV.  A NIGHT ADVENTURE ON THE BRISTENSTOCK. By E. S. Kennedy, B.A.; value: CHAP. XV.   THE BATHS OF STACHELBERG, AND THE HEIGHTS AND PASSES IN THE VICINITY, By R. W. E. Forster; value: CHAP. XVI. ASCENT OF ETNA. By Rev. J. F. Hardy, B.D.; value: CHAP. XVII.   SUGGESTIONS FOR ALPINE TRAVELLERS. By J. Ball, M.R.I.A., F.L.S .; value: APPENDIX.  TABLE OF THE HEIGHTS OFTHE CHIEF MOUNTAINS IN THE CHAIN OF THE ALPS; value: A SELECTION FROl\l THE NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF  THE CHAMONIX GUIDES