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CO PYRIG HT . 1910, BY T H OMAS Y. mber 1910 Published Septe , Second Editwn To TH E MEMO RY A NCESTO RS Wh o ea n the a n d a e , l vi g hills v ll ys o f e r n a e S e r a n d ro ed th i tiv witz l , c ss the o ea n an d in 1 710 o rm ed c , f par t o f the first se ttlem en t o f W ha t was th en an u n bro ken wil dern e bu t n o w kn o wn as ss , is Lan a er Co un en n an a . c st ty, P sylv i PREFA CE HE first d raft of this book w as written T a t the requ est of the Editor of the Cha u ta u u an an d w as u Au q , p blished in the u 1 908 u r o f a r a u g st , , n mbe th t pe iodic l , nder the A Rea di n Jou rn e throu h Swi tzerlan d . title , g y g It w as at the req u est of the present pu blisher th at these ar ticles were expanded into the form r in which they now appea . W h a tever q u alifica tions the au thor m ay or m a a fo r r h as y not h ve w iting the book , he one , at a a fo r a ra a r le st , deep love his ncest l f the a h as u l nd , which led him , not only to the st dy r bu t - r a of her histo y , to oft epe ted visits to the r pl aces m entioned herein . Long befo e the thou ght of writing the book w as su ggested him u r a to , he fo nd , not only enewed he lth an d strength among the snow- covered Alps bu t a themselves , m ny times since then , . ’ in o n e ro o m an d mid the din l ly s , f o n an d e I a e o ed to em O t w s citi s , h v w th , In o u r o f ea r n e en a o n ee h s w i ss , s s ti s sw t, PREFACE Fe in the o o d a nd e a o n the eart lt bl , f lt l g h An d a n e en n o m u rer min d p ssi g v i t y p , ” W ith tranq u il resto ratio n . It is hoped tha t something of the same spirit m ay be com m u nicated to others by the r eading of this book . W S Y N UNI RS I Y E LE A VE T , M mDLETOWN CONN . , T AB LE O F CONTENTS C HAPT ER T H E L N AN D O P I . A D THE PE LE T H E MO N IN G O RY AND MO N II . U TA L THE U TAIN G LO OM T H E O U S KIR S O F MOUNT IN W O R III . T T THE A LD T H E BIR P F W I S LI Y IV. TH LA C E O S S BERT B T V. ERN AN D I S ENVIRO NS T E B B VI . H ERNES E O ERLAN D MO N IN S S . U S RAILRO AD s AN D W N VII TA PA E , NE IS VIII . IN THE H EA RT O F THE ALPS M I IX . CHA ON X AN D ITS ENVIRO NS G ENEVA AN D ITS LAK E ILLUSTRATIONS The Tragedy o fthe Ma tterh o rn OPPO S ITE PAG E Map ofSwitzerl and The W il li am Te ll Ch ape l Zti rich R i Lu rn e i t Mt. ce , w h ig The Lio n of Lu cerne M il a s t. P t u Vitz n au Brun nen The Axenstrasse Bern and River Aar The Bernese Alps The Jun gfrau fro m I n terl aken The Lau terb ru nn en Valley Mo n ch an d Eiger The Marj ele n Se a The We tterh o rn an d the G rin de lwald G l aci er i B rnard H o sp ce o fSt . e The Gemmi Pass The Rh o n e G l acier I LLUSTRATIONS OPPOS ITE ’ The Dev il s Bridge G o ard Ro ad The St. tth Lake Co mo Simplo n Vill age an d Pass Zerm a tt an d the Ma tterh o rn Thé e as St . o dul P s B an Cham o n ix wi th Mt. l c Cro ssin g the Mer de G l ace The G ran ds Mulets The Pi n nacles Th e Ch apeau Lake Gen ev a an d Den t d u Mid i The Castle o f Chil l o n Mo n treu x witz er la n d ° Its cen er S S y , H isto r y a n d L iter a ry A ssocia tio n s CHAPTER I THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE ACH Of the countries Of Eu rope u su ally visited by the Amer ica n tou rist h as a W r pecu li ar ch a r m of its own . e a e drawn to England by its histor ical a n d literary associ a tions ; to France by its Gothic c a the d rals u u a an d art r a , pict resq e c stles , all the t e s ures of its greatest city ; to Italy by the strange contrast affor ded by its wor ld-ru ins in the midst of a natu r e forever you ng ; an d to Ger u a a a an d a many by its q int medi ev l cities , th t “ R n a voice of the old hine , telli g the etern l a a r legend of de d gener tions , the c imes , exploits , u an d a r grande r , dec dence of the old robbe knights whose castles cr own the heights on both ” sides of the historic strea m . “ It is h ard for u s to say which of these we u love the most . Yet there is one co ntry , which THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE W e h ave not as yet mentioned an d which has won the persona l affection of a v ast m u ltitu de a l a a a of tr ve lers to a gre ter extent , perh ps , th n an .