. Sierra Club bulletin . observations of the day;then a thousand features, true because not sought, picturesqueand poetic because they were true, took form under his pen; andwithout intention he traced a faithful picture, naive and glad-some, wherein is reflected simultaneously the grand scenes whichsurrounded him and the impressions which dominated him. Do not conclude, however, from what precedes, that it issufficient to be a geologist or a naturalist in order to be thepainter of the Alps; to have a staff in hand, a barometer in is not even sufficient to have, as de Saussure, a pas
. Sierra Club bulletin . observations of the day;then a thousand features, true because not sought, picturesqueand poetic because they were true, took form under his pen; andwithout intention he traced a faithful picture, naive and glad-some, wherein is reflected simultaneously the grand scenes whichsurrounded him and the impressions which dominated him. Do not conclude, however, from what precedes, that it issufficient to be a geologist or a naturalist in order to be thepainter of the Alps; to have a staff in hand, a barometer in is not even sufficient to have, as de Saussure, a passion for themountains, the most pronounced alpine vocation, the body inuredto fatigues, the taste to enjoy mountaineering, to make it onesrecreation and delight. With all that, one can still write a sorrybook; without that, one can write a good one. But to all that * Voyages dans les Alpes. Partie Pittoresque des Ouvrages de deSaussure. Joel Cherbuliez, Editeur. Paris. 1852. SIERRA CLUB BULLETIN, VOL. VI PLATE MONUMENT TO DE SALSSLRK AT CHAMONIX. Book Reviews. 65 material of his expeditions, if I may so express it, de Saussureunited in a high degree the qualities of mind and characterwhich, in all times and on any subject, make a writer interestingand distinguished, those which, both from the form and from thestyle, attract most the sympathy of the reader, and captivate thebest, his attention. That which I admire in these pages is that spirit of observa-tion, at once lofty and naive, grave and good-natured, whichcomprehends the grand features, and does not disdain the lesserdetails; that curiosity, philosophical and at the same time gentleand smiling, which finds agreeable food about the rustic homesseated on the flanks of the Mole, as well as grand reflections inface of the icy solitudes of Mont Blanc; that imagination suffi-ciently rich, sufficiently elevated to find always enough food inthe exact reality without exaggerating the beauties, without trans-forming th
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