Excerpt from The Fortnightly Review, Vol. 13: January 1 to June 1, 1870 I had been careful to learn whether he really wished to go with me - whether he was embarrassed by either doubt or fear; for it was the first time that a single guide had undertaken to lead a tra veller up the mountain. There was no doubt about the matter he really wished to go. His master (the proprietor of the hotel) had asked him whether he was not undertaking too much. I nndertakin g no more than my companion, was his reply. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.