Le Chemineau de la Montagne, by Jacques Dieterlein. 16 mo., pp. 272, with 16 illustrations. Paris: Flammarion, 1938. Price 22 fr. 50.

Mountaineers everywhere are acquainted with the extraordinary ski courses made by Léon Zwingelstein in 1933 and 1934. In February of the earlier year he went from Grenoble to Nice, returning by another route and traversing the entire Western and Central Alps from the Maritimes to the Tyrolese side of the Silvretta and back to Grenoble. 1 he dates are interesting: Grenoble, February 1st; Nice, February 7th-12th; Mont Genèvre, February 17th- 22nd; Chamonix, February 27th-March 2nd; Zermatt, March 4th-23rd ; Brigue, March 26th-27th; St. Moritz, April 5th; Galtür, April 7th ; Brigue, April 14th; Bernese Oberland traverse, April 22nd-May 1st. Zwingelstein lost his life on the Pic d’Olan, Dauphiné, in the summer of 1934 at the age of thirty-seven. Jacques Dieterlin has edited his friend’s literary remains and done what was possible to preserve the memory of an engaging personality.

J. M. T.