Italian Alps Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia

CHAPTER XIV.

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MEN AND MOUNTAINS.

Men and Mountains--Mountain-haters--A Literary Example--Poets 327 and Painters--The Place of Art--Alpine Scenery and Art--The Variety of the Alps--The Snow World--Mons. Loppé's Pictures--Conclusion

APPENDICES.

Appendix A. PAGE Notes for Travellers 347

Appendix B. Pictures and Antiquities of the Bergamasque Valleys 367

Appendix C. Routes from Santa Catarina to Val di Sole 369

Appendix D. The Churches of Val Rendena 370

Appendix E. The Nomenclature of the Brenta Group 378

Appendix F. Tyrol _v._ Tirol 380

INDEX 381

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS.

WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

1. The Cima Tosa from Val di Brenta _Frontispiece_

2. The Punta Trubinesca and Cima di Tschingel from above St. Moritz _Vignette_

3. The Monte della Disgrazia from the Bernina Group _to face p._ 69 4. The Head of Val di Genova " 205 5. From the Adamello--looking East " 213 6. San Stefano and the Cima di Nafdisio " 232 7. Val di Brenta--from the road to Campiglio " 236 8. Molveno " 273 9. The Cimon della Pala and Cima di Vezzana " 295 10. On the Pelmo " 317

MAPS.

1. The Locarno District " 1 2. The Val Masino District " 41 3. The Adamello and Brenta Groups " 155 4. The Primiero Group " 279 5. General Map _at end_