European Tour.- Wise (Louisa Elizabeth, wife of Robert Skirving, of Shrubland Hall, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, d. 1958) Journal of a Continental Tour, autograph manuscript, 160pp., 18 engravings (mostly of Hotels) laid down, some pressed flowers at end, original limp morocco, gilt, 8vo, 21st June - 13th August 1880 § Green (Frederick, member of the Anthropological Society, son of Walter Green, of 15 Pall Mall and Beacon Terrace, Torquay, married Sophia Rose, b. 1839, daughter of James Rose of Palermo, Sicily, 1809-68, of 17 Stratford Place and Thornfield, Tonbridge, Kent, b. 1835, fl. 1901) Account Book, autograph manuscript, 74pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, original polished calf, gilit initials "F.G." on upper cover, sm. 4to, 1866-77 (2). ⁂ First mentioned Wise travels with her mother and sister to Bruges, Brussels, Cologne, Coblenz, Wiesbaden, Heidelburg, Neuhausen, Zurich, Lucerne, Interlaken, Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, Montreux, Chamonix, Geneva and Paris. Climbing in the Swiss Alps. "Fri. July 23. Grindelwald... the Upper Glacier. Starting... with 2 horses & 2 guides... . Where the horses cd go no further, & we 3 climbers At. Rose, Rosie & I took one guide & went up such a climb - We couldn't have done it without our stocks. As we got on cane ladders & he tied us together with ropes, our hearts sank & at last, At. R, who had borne all manfully "caved in" at last at an awful ladder with props that swayed about, so tho' the guide seemed very disappointed we would not go up to the cascade... . Where we went was part of the way to the Grindelwald & that week a gentleman & 2 guides were lost & 4 guides had gone after them, but... they felt no hope & expected it was an avalanche." - L.E. Wise.
European Tour.- Wise (Louisa Elizabeth, wife of Robert Skirving, of Shrubland Hall, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, d. 1958) Journal of a Continental Tour, autograph manuscript, 160pp., 18 engravings (mostly of Hotels) laid down, some pressed flowers at end, original limp morocco, gilt, 8vo, 21st June - 13th August 1880 § Green (Frederick, member of the Anthropological Society, son of Walter Green, of 15 Pall Mall and Beacon Terrace, Torquay, married Sophia Rose, b. 1839, daughter of James Rose of Palermo, Sicily, 1809-68, of 17 Stratford Place and Thornfield, Tonbridge, Kent, b. 1835, fl. 1901) Account Book, autograph manuscript, 74pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, original polished calf, gilit initials "F.G." on upper cover, sm. 4to, 1866-77 (2). ⁂ First mentioned Wise travels with her mother and sister to Bruges, Brussels, Cologne, Coblenz, Wiesbaden, Heidelburg, Neuhausen, Zurich, Lucerne, Interlaken, Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, Montreux, Chamonix, Geneva and Paris. Climbing in the Swiss Alps. "Fri. July 23. Grindelwald... the Upper Glacier. Starting... with 2 horses & 2 guides... . Where the horses cd go no further, & we 3 climbers At. Rose, Rosie & I took one guide & went up such a climb - We couldn't have done it without our stocks. As we got on cane ladders & he tied us together with ropes, our hearts sank & at last, At. R, who had borne all manfully "caved in" at last at an awful ladder with props that swayed about, so tho' the guide seemed very disappointed we would not go up to the cascade... . Where we went was part of the way to the Grindelwald & that week a gentleman & 2 guides were lost & 4 guides had gone after them, but... they felt no hope & expected it was an avalanche." - L.E. Wise.
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