Front matter
Reading edition
“THEY SAW MASSES OF ROCKS, BOULDERS, AND STONES, DART ROUND THE CORNER.”
THE ASCENT
OF
THE MATTERHORN
BY EDWARD WHYMPER
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.—Livy.
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1880
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