The Glaciers of the Alps and Mountaineering in 1861

Contents Include - EXPEDITION OF 1856 - The Oberland - The Tyrol - EXPEDITION OF 1857 - The Lake of Geneva - Chamouni and the Moutanvert - The Mer De Glace - The Jardin - First Ascent of Mont Blanc,1857 - EXPENDITION OF 1858 - Passage of the Strathleck - Ascent of the Finsteraarhorn,1858 - First Ascent of Monte Rosa,1858 - Second Ascent of Mont Blanc,1858 - WINTER EXPEDITION TO THE MER DE GLACE,1859 - MOUTAINEERING IN 1861 - London to Meyringen - Meyringen to the Grimsel, By the Urbachthal and Gauli Glacier - The Grimsel and the Eggischhorn - The Bel Alp - Reflections - Ascent of the Weisshorn - The Descent - The Motion of Glaciers - Sunrise on the Pines - Inspetion of the Matterhorn - Over the Moro - The Old Weissthor