Switzerland as Described by Great Writers

346 pp. With numerous illustrations. CONTENTS: Part I. The Country and Race: The Country; The Cantons and Half-Cantons; The Forest Cantons; The Race; The Character of the Swiss; Part II. History: Early History; Successful Struggle for Independence; Political History from the Renaissance to the Present; Part III. Alpine Climbing: Modes of Travel; Alpine Passes; Avalanches; The Bergsturz; Mountaineering; The First Ascent of the Matterhorn; Mont Blanc; The Jungfrau; Zermatt and Monte Rosa; Typical Tourists; Part IV. Descriptions: Berne; The Lake of Thun; Interlaken; The Aeschinen See and the Gemmi Pass; Lucerne; Lakes of Lucerne, Zurich and Zug; The Rigi; Mount Pilatus; Zurich; Basle; Geneva; Chillon and the Lake of Geneva; Montreux and Rochers de Naye; La Gruyere; The Valley of Chamouni; Hospice and Pass of St. Bernard; The Eggischhorn and the Great Aletsch Glacier; The Rhone Glacier; Shaffhausen, Handeck, Reichenbach, and Lauterbrunnen; St. Gothard; The Engadine--Summer and Winter; Lake Lugano and Lake Como; The Tunnels of the Alps; Part V. Social Life: Manners and Customs; The Swiss Peasant; In Chalet Land; The Ranz Des Vaches; Swiss Architecture; Part VI. Statistics: Statistics.