Show I OFF COLOR COLOR I Errors Detract lct From Travelers' Travelers Ha Handbook Handbook Hand Hand- d book by K E. E M. M Dumbell Seeing the the West by K E E. M M. Dumbell Dum- Dum bell is a handbook for the use of ot tn ne Westbound traveler There are some striking extracts from John Muir J. J G. G Percival and other authors who wrote of wild life and scenery The book undoubtedly fills tills a want and is convenient for tor tourists seeking the points of interest but there are defects defects de defects de- de and errors that are obvious In his chapter on Salt Lake City and Zion Lion national park the author gives the distance distance distance dis dis- tance of Salt lake from Salt Lake City as five lve miles Recent surveys Purveys fix the then n nearest arest lake point as s at least sixteen miles from the city In speaking of ot the Mormon church buildings the Tabernacle is used where the author intended to tell of the Tem Tern pl pip This may be only a slip but there are also descriptions that give evidence of having having- been either hastily written or gathered from old books His descriptions of the he Southwest are good and seem to come from froni first firsthand firsthand firsthand hand knowledge He lie display an Intimate Intimate intimate Inti Inti- mate acquaintance with strange pu pueblos pueblos pueblos pu- pu and trails that lead off from the beaten way He knows the cliff dwellIngs dwellings dwellings dwell dwell- ings the and strange and Isolated tribes in New Mexico The book pays particular particular- attention to the magnificent system of n national parks which has been set apart for American travelers It is equipped with maps and diagrams Doubleday Page Co New York |