ABOUT BOOK

The amateur emigrant, from the Clyde to Sandy Hook -- Cockermouth and Keswick -- An autumn effect -- A winter’s walk in Carrick and Galloway -- Forest notes -- A mountain town in France -- Random memories, rosa quo locorum -- The ideal house -- Davos in winter -- Health and mountains -- Alpine diversions -- The stimulation of the Alps -- Roads -- On the enjoyment of unpleasant places.