16 SEPTEMBER 1893, Page 24

Mountaineering. By Claude Wilson, M.D. (Bell and Sons.)— This is

a volume of the " Ill-England Series," and as likely to be as useful as any, more useful than most. No one can learn cricket or any other sport from reading about it, though a pro- ficient may get some useful hints, the more useful the greater his proficiency. From this little volume, however, any one who is fit to climb at all may learn a good deal. That climbing mountains will ever be quite safe is impossible—unforeseen accidents are bound to happen. But instructions of the kind that Dr. Wilson, who has the qualifications both of experience and of professional knowledge, here offers, should do much towards minimising risks. Another volume of the series which may be mentioned at the same time is Canoeing, by J. D. Hayward.