REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
The library of the Alpine Club comprises seventeen volumes, all of which have been donated. They may be enumerated in order of donation, as follows:—"The Selkirk Range," two volumes, from the author, A. O. Wheeler; "Dent's Mountaineering," from S. H. Mitchell; "Among the Selkirk Glaciers," by the Rev. W. S. Green, presented by Ferdinand Meinecke; "England and Canada, a Summer Tour between Old and New Westminster," from the author, Sir Sandford Fleming, K.C.M.G.; "Mountain Wildflowers of Canada," by Julia W. Henshaw, the author; "The House of Sport," composite authorship, from S. H. Mitchell; "Climbing in the Himalayas," from Dr. J. Norman Collie, the author; also "Climbs and Explorations in the Canadian Rockies," by H. E. M. Stutfield and Dr. J. Norman Collie, presented by Dr. Collie; "A Guide to Zermatt and the Matterhorn," from Edward Whymper, the author; "Camp Fires in the Canadian Rockies," by Hornaday and Phillips, presented by the Secretary; four volumes of "Appalachia," covering the years of mountaineering in the Rockies and Selkirks, from the Appalachian Mountain Club; an edition de luxe, "California and Alaska and over the Canadian Pacific Railway," by William Seward Webb, presented by W. T. Robson; and "Canada," painted by T. Mower Martin, described by Wilfrid Campbell, the gift of Clark Bros. & Co., Winnipeg.
In addition, the Club has received by purchase the first number of a series of monographs, called "Alpina Americana," to be published yearly by the American Alpine Club.
Mr. Tom Wilson of Banff, himself a collector of Rocky Mountain literature, has kindly volunteered to keep watch for the acquisition of rare old books dealing with early history relating to the Canadian mountains.
It is perhaps worth noting that of the seventeen volumes forming the nucleus of the library, eight were written by our own members, and the Appalachian volumes also contain much matter contributed by members of our Club.
We hope that the library will be augmented during the current year, by many valuable additions, and that the Club will enact some legislation by which these books may be made accessible to members, such as the establishment of a library building at a suitable point in the mountains.
Respectfully submitted.
