Switzerland, its scenery, history, and literary associations . - appearance,it is rather pretty than terrible. .d yet thereis nothing more dreaded by the mountaineerthan these of .soft and beautiful snow,and the annals of Swiss mountain-climbingare full of terrible accidents. The Wengern Alp is usually passed over bythe hurrying hordes of tourists, who make thetrip from Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen, Cirin-delwald and back in a day. Yet it is well worthyof a longer stay. Surely says Sir LesUeStephen, the Wengern Alp must be preciselyMM. THE BERNESE OBERLAND the loveliest place in this wo
Switzerland, its scenery, history, and literary associations . - appearance,it is rather pretty than terrible. .d yet thereis nothing more dreaded by the mountaineerthan these of .soft and beautiful snow,and the annals of Swiss mountain-climbingare full of terrible accidents. The Wengern Alp is usually passed over bythe hurrying hordes of tourists, who make thetrip from Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen, Cirin-delwald and back in a day. Yet it is well worthyof a longer stay. Surely says Sir LesUeStephen, the Wengern Alp must be preciselyMM. THE BERNESE OBERLAND the loveliest place in this world. To hurrypast it, and listen to the roar of the avalanches,is a very unsatisfactory mode of enjoyment;it reminds one too much of letting off crackersin a cathedral. The mountains seem to beaccomplices of the people who charge fiftycentimes for an echo. But it does ones moralnature good to linger there at sunset, or in theearly morning, when tourists have ceased fromtravelling, and the jaded cockney may enjoya kind of spiritual bath in the soothing calm-ness of the scenery. It is delicious to lie uponthe short crisp turf under the Lauberhorn, tolisten to the distant cow-bells, and to try tocatch the moment at which the last glow diesoff the summit of the Jungfrau, or to watch alight summer mist driving by, and the greatmountains looking through its rents at intervalsfrom an apparently impossible height abovethe clouds. It is pleasant to look out in theearly morning from one of the narrow win-dows, when the Jungfrau seems gradually
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