xi, [12]-288 pp. Four-page publisher ad bound in preceding text. Engraved frontispiece and plates (8 total). A collection of letters from two summers the author spent in the Adirondack forests, preceded by a preface explaining the scope of the work, and an introduction giving a general description of the region. The area in which the author traveled includes the high peaks region, and the areas around Raquette Lake and Schroon Lake.