*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1378 *** the land of footprints by stewart edward white 1913 i. on books of adventure books of sporting, travel, and adventure in countries little known to the average reader naturally fall in two classes-neither, with a very few exceptions, of great value. one class is perhaps the logical result of the other. of the first type is the book that is written to make the most of far travels, to extract from adventure the last thrill, to impress the a...