The Alps in 1864: A Private Journal. E-book. Formato PDF - 9780259690375

In writing this Preface I complete, not without regret, a pleasant task which has occupied much of my spare time during the last three years. For many years a copy of Moore's Journal of 1864 has been the most valued book in my own Alpine Library. The Alps in 1864 was, however, never published I believe that only about one hundred copies were printed; these were presented by Moore to his personal friends, so that the work has remained hitherto practically inaccessible to general readers. It seemed to me a pity that the ever-growing circle of those who take an interest in Mountaineering whether active or only academic should not have an opportunity of reading a book which is truly, as the Editor of the Alpine Journal said at the time of Moore's death, one of the most vivid and fascinating books of Alpine travel which have ever been written. In reply to my request, Mr. Moore's family were good enough not only to give me permission to reprint the Journal of 1864, but also to place at my disposal several manuscript volumes of later Journals which had been preserved, and of which I have been able to make much use.

I have left the text of the Journal exactly as originally printed, excepting only where later usage or knowledge has altered the names of mountains or places, or their spelling, in which case the balance of convenience seemed to indicate the adoption of the more modem nomenclature.