CHARING CROSS ROAD, W.C.

On MONDAY, APRIL 30th,

EDWARD WHYMPER,

AUTHOR OF "SCRAMBLES AMONGST THE ALPS,"

FELLOW AND PATRON'S MEDALLIST OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SWISS AND ITALIAN ALPINE CLUBS, AND OF THE SIERRA CLUB; KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF ST. MAURICE AND ST. LAZARE, ETC. ETC.,

TWENTY THOUSAND FEET
ABOVE THE SEA.

Illustrated by over Ninety Lantern Slides from Photographs and
Sketches mostly by the Lecturer, and shown by the

Oxy-hydrogen Light.

DOORS OPEN AT 8. LECTURE AT 8.30. CARRIAGES AT 10.

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Wind velocities recorded January 14, 1893, at the Smithsonian Institution, with a light Robinson anemometer (paper cups) registering every revolution.

"EDWARD WHYMPER, artist, author, and traveller, was born in London, April 27, 1840. In 1861 he ascended Mont Pelvoux (then reputed to be the highest mountain in France), and discovered from its summit another mountain 500 feet higher-the Pointe des Ecrins-which is the loftiest of the French Alps, and was subsequently ascended by Mr. Whymper in 1864. Between the years 1861-5, in a series of expeditions remarkable for boldness and success, he ascended one peak after another of mountains till then reputed to be inaccessible. These expeditions culminated in the ascent of the Matterhorn (14,780 feet), July 14, 1865, on which occasion his companions, the Rev. Charles Hudson, Mr. Hadow, and Lord Francis Douglas, and one of the guides, lost their lives. In 1867 he travelled in N.W. Greenland with the intention of exploring its fossiliferous deposits, and, if possible, of penetrating into its interior. This journey was characterised by Sir Roderick Murchison as 'truly the ne plus ultra of British geographical adventure on the part of an individual!' No account of it has been published, although upon it Mr. Whymper obtained cones of magnolia, and the fruits of other trees, which demonstrated the former existence of luxuriant vegetation in these high northern latitudes. This fine collection of fossil plants was described by Professor Heer in the Transactions of the Royal Society in 1869, and the first set was secured for the British Museum, where a selection is now exhibited. In 1871 Mr. Whymper published an account of his Alpine journeys, under the title Scrambles amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-9, London, 1871. In recognition of the value of this work, its author received from the King of Italy the decoration of Chevalier of the Order of SS. Maurice and Lazarus. In May, 1872, he again left. Copenhagen for North Greenland, and returned on Nov. 9 to Denmark, bringing back from this, his second exploring journey in Greenland, rich collections, among them fine specimens of fossil wood. In the years 1879-80 Mr. Whymper travelled in the Republic of Ecuador, exploring, ascending, and measuring the Great Andes on and near the Equator. On that journey he made the first ascents of Chimborazo (20,517), Sincholagua, Antisana, Cayambe, and Cotocachi." Upon his return, Mr. Whymper gave a discourse at the Royal Institution to a most distinguished audience, and of this Lecture the Times said "It is impossible in a necessarily short report to give any idea of the narrative which Mr. Whymper had to relate, brightened as it was by many quietly-given touches of humour." The following was the

OPINION OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

At the close of this lecture H.R.H. THE PRINCE of Wales rose and said :— "After the excellent, most interesting, and most entertaining lecture we have listened to this evening I feel sure that you would all wish me to propose a vote of thanks to Mr. Edward Whymper. (Cheers.) The matter which he has laid before us this evening is one that must be interesting even to those who are not themselves in the habit of climbing high mountains, and has, moreover, a high value for the geographer, the geologist, and the philosopher. Additional pleasure has been experienced from the lucid and entertaining style in which he has brought the subject before us. Personally, I feel obliged to the Alpine Club for affording me the opportunity of listening to this lecture, and it is with the greatest pleasure that I move this vote of thanks to Mr. Edward Whymper." (Cheers.)

MORNING POST.