[Footnote 21:  From “Six Months in Italy.”  Published by Houghton, Mifflin Co.]

[Footnote 22:  From “A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour,” published in 1821.]

[Footnote 23:  From “Letters of a Traveller.”  The Tyrol and the Dolomites being mainly Austrian territory, are here included under “Other Austrian Scenes.”  Resorts in the Swiss Alps, including Chamouni (which, however, is in France), will be found further on in this volume.]

[Footnote 24:  An Italian poet (1749-1838), who, banished from Venice, settled in New York and became Professor of Italian at Columbia College.]

[Footnote 25:  From “Adventures in the Alps.”  Published by George W. Jacobs & Co.]

[Footnote 26:  In the village of Cadore—­hence the name, Titian da Cadore.]

[Footnote 27:  From “Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys:  A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites.”  Published by E.P.  Dutton & Co.]

[Footnote 28:  Reaumur.—­Author’s note.]

[Footnote 29:  From “My Alpine Jubilee.”  Published In 1908.]

[Footnote 30:  From “Adventures in the Alps.”  Published by George W. Jacobs Company, Philadelphia.]

[Footnote 31:  Since the above was written, the railway has been extended up the Jungfrau itself.]

[Footnote 32:  From “Teutonic Switzerland.”  By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, L.C.  Page & Co.  Copyright, 1894.]

[Footnote 33:  From “Unknown Switzerland.”  Published by James Pott & Co.]

[Footnote 34:  From “Teutonic Switzerland.”  By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, L.C.  Page & Co.  Copyright, 1894.]

[Footnote 35:  The population in 1902 had risen to 152,000.]

[Footnote 36:  From “Teutonic Switzerland.”  By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, L.C.  Page & Co.  Copyright, 1894.]

[Footnote 37:  From “The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley.”  Politically, Chamouni is in France, but the aim here has been to bring into one volume all the more popular Alpine resorts.  Articles on the Tyrol and the Dolomites will also be found in this volume—­under “Other Austrian Scenes.”]

[Footnote 38:  From “Adventures in the Alps.”  Published by George W. Jacobs & Co.]

[Footnote 39:  For Mr. Whymper’s own account of this famous ascent, see page 127 of this volume.]

[Footnote 40:  From “Unknown Switzerland.”  Published by James Pott & Co.]

[Footnote 41:  From “Geneva.”]

[Footnote 42:  From “Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands.”]

[Footnote 43:  Mrs. Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” had been published about a year when this remark was made to her.]

[Footnote 44:  From “Adventures in the Alps.”  Published by George W. Jacobs & Co.]

[Footnote 45:  From “Unknown Switzerland.”  Published by James Pott & Co.]

[Footnote 46:  From “Scrambles Amongst the Alps.”  Mr. Whymper’s later achievements in the Alps are now integral parts of the written history of notable mountain climbing feats the world over.]