THE New Hotel, one of the largest and most perfect in Switzerland, is now open. It occupies a fine position near the former hotel, with fine views of the Cascades and Mountains. It contains all the modern improvements, and the Proprietor will spare no pains to render the New Hotel an agreeable resting place for tourists. English Church in the grounds of the Hotel-Baths -English and American Journals-Horses and Carriages for excursions. THE HOTEL COURONNE, which belongs to the same Proprietor, will be kept open. E. BAUD EBERSOLD, verdure, glaciers, and snow-clad mountains. (The fall of the Alpbach is illuminated every evening during the season by the proprietor of the Hotel Sauvage.) Meyringen, with its charming situation, good hotels, and English Church, is rapidly increasing in favour as a place of resort. The Swiss wood carvings made here are very fine. From Meyringen, Brienz may be reached twice daily by diligence; distance, 9 miles. See Route 108. ROUTE 111. MEYRINGEN TO THE GRIMSEL HOSPICE AND THE RHONE GLACIER. (Time required, 10 hours; horse from Meyringen to the Rhone Glacier, 32 francs.) ARRIAGE-ROAD has been completed from Meyringen over the Kirchet to Im-Hof; passing Reichenbach Baths, it ascends the steep sides of Kirchet in zig-zags. Descending the hill it traverses the meadows at the bottom of the valley, and crosses the Aar near Im-Hof (Hotel: Im-Hof), just beyond which the carriage-road terminates. Pursuing the well-kept bridle-path, we reach in 24 hours GUTTANEN (Hotel: Bar), which lies in a wild and narrow valley, surrounded with crags and cliffs. A walk of two hours brings us to the path which, leading out of the main path to the left, conducts us to the FALL OF THE HANDEK. The view from the chalet lower down is finer, as the cataract is then seen from below. This fall is considered the finest in Switzerland, and in point of impetuosity and quantity of water resembles Schaffhausen ; its height is about two hundred feet. The body of the water is very great during the summer, when the snow from the mountains and the glaciers has been melted. At the same spot is seen the stream of the Erlenbach, running nearly at a right angle with the Aar; it falls as if in humble rivalry with its more noble associate, and throws its sheet of water into that of the Aar, long before the latter reaches the ground, thus producing a beautiful effect. A walk of 2 hours brings us to the Hospice of the Grimsel, which stands about 800 feet below the summit of the Pass. It is a rough, strong rock building, and is now used as an inn. It is much thronged with tourists in summer. Its entourage is the most dreary in all Switzerland. On all sides and above, it is frowned upon by shapeless mountains, covered with ice and snow. Its elevation above the sea is more than 7000 feet, and the peaks rise nearly to the height of another thousand. The distance from the Hospice to the Rhone glacier is about six miles. Three-quarters of an hour's walking up a tolerable path brings us to the top of the pass, where, at a height of 8400 feet above the sea level, the way skirts the left margin of a little, dark, still lake, into which the bodies of French and Austrian soldiers, killed in the skirmish which took place here in 1799, were thrown. It therefore goes by the name of the "Lake of the dead." Beyond the lake the road leads down a steep declivity. At a little distance we come suddenly upon the view of the glacier of the Rhone, very far below; a grand object, with the furious Rhone issuing from the ice, and then leaping and dashing through the valley. The glacier is a stupendous mass of ice, extending clear across the valley, propped against an overhanging mountain (the Gallenstock), with snowy peaks towering to the right and left. (For description of the FURCA PASS, see Route 115.) ROUTE 112. GENEVA ΤΟ LAUSANNE Island, in the centre of which is Pradier's statue of Rousseau, erected by the citizens of Geneva in 1834. Fine quays, upon which are the best shops, extend along both banks of the Rhone in the vicinity of these bridges. On the left bank is the Grand Quai, and on the right the Quai des Bergues. The Quai du Mont Blanc extends along the right bank of the lake, commencing at the Pont du Mont Blanc. Beyond, and in a line with it, is the Quai des Paquis, which is handsomely planted with trees. It extends to the Pier. From both the last-named quays fine views of the Mont Blanc group may be enjoyed. On the south bank of the lake, at the end of the Pont du Mont Blanc, is a pretty garden called the Jardin Anglais. AND VEVAY, INCLUDING În a pavilion in the garden is a THE LAKE OF GENEVA. Cab hire, per hour 2 francs, for each additional hour 65 c. CHURCH SERVICES- English Holy Trinity, Rue Mt. Blanc, every Sunday 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. American Episcopal Church, 60 Rue du Rhone, Sunday 11 a.m. SHOPS. See "SPECIALITIES of EUROPEAN CITIES." This town is situated at the southern extremity of the Lake, at the point where the Rhone emerges. The two halves into which the city is divided by the river are connected by six bridges, the finest of which is the Pont du Mont Blanc, leading from the Rue du Mont Blanc to the English garden. Next below it is the Pont des Bergues, and from it a suspension bridge extends to the little island called Rousseau's plan in relief of Mont Blanc, which is shown to visitors for 50 centimes, except on Sundays and Thursdays, from 10 to 3, when it is free. Geneva possesses within itself very few objects of interest. Few towns of its size and importance are so sparingly decorated with public monuments. Strangers are attracted to it from its beautiful position and the scenery of its lake, and because of its vicinity to Chamouni and other points of interest. The principal buildings are the Cathedral of St Pierre, the Hotelde- Ville, the arsenal, the college (founded by Calvin), the museum of natural history, the botanical garden, and the public library, founded by Bonnivard, the prisoner of Chillon, and a collection of autograph letters by Calvin and other distinguished Reformers. A large OPERA HOUSE, in the Place Neuve, costing 3 million francs, was opened in 1879. One of the most striking objects |