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THE STORY OF THE HILLS.
THE
STORY OF THE HILLS.
A BOOK ABOUT MOUNTAINS
FOR GENERAL READERS.
BY
Rev. H. N. HUTCHINSON, B.A., F.G.S.
AUTHOR OF "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTH."
With Sixteen Full-page Illustrations.
They are as a great and noble architecture, first giving shelter,comfort, and rest; and covered also with mighty sculpture and paintedlegend.—Ruskin.
New York:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND LONDON.
1892.
Copyright, 1891,
By Macmillan and Co.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.
TO
ALL WHO LOVE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS
This little Book is Dedicated,
IN THE HOPE THAT EVEN A SLIGHT KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR PLACEIN NATURE, AND PREVIOUS HISTORY, MAY ADD TO THE WONDERAND DELIGHT WITH WHICH WE LOOK UPON THESE NOBLEFEATURES OF THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH.
PREFACE.
Now that travelling is no longer a luxury forthe rich, and thousands of people go everysummer to spend their holidays among themountains of Europe, and ladies climb MontBlanc or ramble among the Carpathians, theremust be many who would like to know somethingof the secret of the hills, their origin,their architecture, and the forces that madethem what they are.
For such this book is chiefly written. Thosewill best understand it who take it with themon their travels, and endeavour by its use tointerpret what they see among the mountains;and they will find that a little observation goesa long way to help them to read mountainhistory.
It is hoped, however, that all, both young andold, who take an intelligent interest in theviiiworld around, though they may never haveseen a mountain, may find these pages worthreading.
If readers do not find here answers to alltheir questions, they may be reminded that it isnot possible within the present limits to givemore than a brief sketch of the subject, leavingthe gaps to be filled in by a study of the largerand more important works on geology. Theauthor, assuming that the reader knows nothingof this fascinating science, has endeavoured