. Lake George and Lake Champlain : a book of to-day . f a timeof leisurely journeyinifs, pleasant companionship,golden days, and memories of scenes amongst whichfaith and art and poetry were born, preserved foreverby the sunshines magic and chronicled by a penwhich is both witty and wise. Such a inemento of awinters trip to the summer worla which liesalong theMediterranean is the beautiful volume, written and 11lustrated by S. R. Stoddard.^ New York Mail and Express. — In MediterraneanLands, by S, R. Stoddard, stands pre-eminent amongthe many books of Eastern travel, by reason of its de-lightf
. Lake George and Lake Champlain : a book of to-day . f a timeof leisurely journeyinifs, pleasant companionship,golden days, and memories of scenes amongst whichfaith and art and poetry were born, preserved foreverby the sunshines magic and chronicled by a penwhich is both witty and wise. Such a inemento of awinters trip to the summer worla which liesalong theMediterranean is the beautiful volume, written and 11lustrated by S. R. Stoddard.^ New York Mail and Express. — In MediterraneanLands, by S, R. Stoddard, stands pre-eminent amongthe many books of Eastern travel, by reason of its de-lightfully easy way of conducting its readers, in-structively through foreign lands, and by the un-failing sense of humor so quaintly expressed. Thebook reminds one of DAmiciss famous books on trav-el in Eastern lands. As an illustrator, Mr. Stoddardhas no peor. His artistic books on the Adirondacksand Lake George will be remembered gratefully byall overs of the picturesque and beautiful. 204 Under the Midnight Sun, A BOOK OF PICTURES,By S. R. c ONTAINS 340 illustratioasfrom photographs by theauthor, diagrams, maps,etc. It tells the story of acruise made in 1897 throughthe Orkney, Shetland, andFaroe Islands to Iceland withits quaint ci-ilization of athousand years; shows Nor-way with its tiny farms, sub-aqueous hay fields, aerial mUkroutes, funny laplanders andfisher-folk, its dark fjords,lovely dais, misty fosses andgleaming braes: follows thefailing vegetation of the northto where it vanishes beyondthe Arctic Circle and showsover the top of the earth; thepassingof the Midnight Sun. It gives the Royal sightsof Copenhagen; Stockholm with its old and new; Rus-sianized Finland, St. Petersburg to Moscow and the waybetween with passing glimpses of the misunderstoodRussian of today. The book was issued originally in an Edition deLuxe for a limited number of subscribers at $ its present f o .-m it is identically the same in illustra-tions, matter ard size of page
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