Switzerland, its scenery, history, and literary associations . s and Tun-nels 151 VIII. In the He.\rt of the Alps 182 IX. Chamonix and Its Environs .... 216 X. Geneva and Its Lake 255 Index 291 ILLUSTRATIONS The Tragedy of the Matterhorn .... FrorUutpiete OPPOSITE PAGE Map of Switzerland 1 The William Tell Chapel 22 Zurich 62 Lucerne, with Mt. Rigi 74 The Lion of Lucerne 80 Mt. Pilatus 84 Vitznau 88 Brunnen 92 The Axenstrasse 96 Bern and River Aar 102 The Bernese Alps 110 The Jungfrau from Interlaken 122 The Lauterbrunnen Valley 128 Monch and Eiger 132 The Marjelen Sea 142 The Wetterhorn and t
Switzerland, its scenery, history, and literary associations . s and Tun-nels 151 VIII. In the He.\rt of the Alps 182 IX. Chamonix and Its Environs .... 216 X. Geneva and Its Lake 255 Index 291 ILLUSTRATIONS The Tragedy of the Matterhorn .... FrorUutpiete OPPOSITE PAGE Map of Switzerland 1 The William Tell Chapel 22 Zurich 62 Lucerne, with Mt. Rigi 74 The Lion of Lucerne 80 Mt. Pilatus 84 Vitznau 88 Brunnen 92 The Axenstrasse 96 Bern and River Aar 102 The Bernese Alps 110 The Jungfrau from Interlaken 122 The Lauterbrunnen Valley 128 Monch and Eiger 132 The Marjelen Sea 142 The Wetterhorn and the Grindelwald Glacier . 146 Hospice of St. Bernard 152 The Gemmi Pass 156 The Rhone Glacier 162 ILLUSTRATIONS OPPOSITE PAGE The Devils Bridge 166 The St. Gotthard Road 170 Lake Como 176 Simplon Village and Pass 180 Zermatt and the Matterhorn 184 St. Thfeodule Pass 190 Chamonix with Mt. Blanc 216 Crossing the Mer de Glace 220 The Grands Mulcts — The Pinnacles .... 232 The Chapeau 246 Lake Geneva and Dent du Midi 256 The Castle of Chillon 268 Montreux 278. SWITZERLAND AND THE ITALIAN LAKES,Route followed by author is shown by line of crossea. Switzerland: Its Scenery, History and Literary Associations CHAPTER I THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE EACH of the countries of Europe usuallyvisited by the American tourist has apeculiar charm of its own. We aredrawn to England by its historical and literaryassociations; to France by its Gothic cathe-drals, picturesque castles, and all the art treas-ures of its greatest city; to Italy by the strangecontrast afforded by its world-ruins in themidst of a nature forever young; and to Ger-many by its quaint mediaeval cities, and thatvoice of the old Rhine, telling the eternallegend of dead generations, the crimes, exploits,grandeur, and decadence of the old robber-knights whose castles crown the heights on bothsides of the historic stream. Itis hard for us to say which of these welove the most. Yet there is one country, which1 THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE
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