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Editors:
HERBERT FISHER, M.A., F.B.A., LL.D.

Prof. GILBERT MURRAY, D.Litt.,
LL.D., F.B.A.

Prof. J. ARTHUR THOMSON, M.A.,
LL.D.

Prof. WILLIAM T. BREWSTER, M.A.
(Columbia University, U.S.A.)

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THE ALPS

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ARNOLD LUNN

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WILLIAMS AND NORGATE
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First printed July 19145

PREFACE

For the early chapters of this book I haveconsulted, amongst other authorities, the booksmentioned in the bibliography on pp. 251-254.It would, however, be ungracious if Ifailed to acknowledge my indebtedness tothat most readable of historians, Mr. Gribble,and to his books, The Early Mountaineers(Fisher Unwin) and The Story of AlpineClimbing (Nelson). Mr. Gribble and his publisher,Mr. Unwin, have kindly allowed me toquote passages translated from the works ofthe pioneers. Two friends, experts in thepractice and history of mountaineering, haveread the proofs and helped me with numeroussuggestions.78

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