Excerpt from At the Foot of the Mountain When we bowed under laws that a tyrant had made. Then, thou, Philadelphia, with generous hand, Didst offer thy bravest and best for our land; N 0 man found thee wanting, and proudly we claim The City of Brotherly Love as thy name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 1857, Vol. 5 Correlation of the Triassic Rocks in the Vale of Worcester, and at the Malvern Tunnel. By the Rev. W. S symonds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from On the Mountain Top "Each has bis obstacles to overcome, his mountain to climb, and each aims to reach the top. But there is a difference in the way people climb. Some go sighing over hardships encountered, with shoulders bowed, and head drooping so low that the miasmas breathed make each step difficult. Others climb standing erect, with feet planted firmly, lungs filled with bracing air, a song in the heart, and eyes fixed upon the heights. The one grows weaker as he climbs, the other stronger. Which way will you climb?" These words were spoken in these pages to a discouraged girl, who believed that her upward path was steeper and more stony than that by which others were climbing. She was inspired by friendly counsel to greater exertion in reaching heights presented to her. We trust there is helpfulness in these pages for other climbers who are striving to reach the mountain top. In previous editions, this book - in deference to its publisher appeared under the name "Around the Ranch." But its present publishers believe the true spirit of the book is better expressed by the title upon which the author's thoughts centered when weaving the story - "On the Mountain Top." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Mountains of the Morning Norton rode into the stream and climbed the farther bank, from the top of which he watched the girl gallop ing along the foot Of the mountain; then the twilight shut its Opal gates behind her, and she was gone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Account of first ascent of west face of Mt. Huntington, Alaska, in 1965.

Excerpt from The History of a Mountain Without knowing exactly whither my steps were lead ing me, I turned towards those great mountains whose jagged crests I beheld breaking the distant line of the horizon. On I went, following by-paths, and in the evening stopping before isolated inns. The sound of a human voice, the noise Of a footstep, made me shudder; but when I was walking alone I listened with melancholy pleasure to the birds singing, the river murmuring, and the thousand strains proceeding from the vast woods. Walking, as chance led me, either along the high-road or footpath, at last I reached the first defile of the moun tain. The wide plain, scored with indentations, stopped abruptly at the foot of the rocks and Slopes shaded by chestnut-trees. The lofty blue peaks, seen from afar, had disappeared behind other crests, which were not so high, yet nearer to me. By my side the river, which, lower down, falling over boulders, extended into a vast sheet Of water, owed rapidly down between the shining rocks, clad with a blackish-hued moss. Above each bank a low hill, the first lesser chain of the mountains, reared up its escarpments and bore upon its summit the ruins of a large tower, formerly the warder of the valley. I felt shut in between two walls; I had quitted the region of large towns, Of smoke and hubbub; enemies and false friends were left behind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."