Narrative of Back's overland expedition from Montreal to the central Arctic to aid members of the second Ross expedition. Field praises the account as an essential source (with Franklin) for understanding Natives of the North, and, at the time of publication, "The Quarterly Review" considered the literary style superior to any previous account. This Paris edition was published without the plates and illustrations which accompanied the English and American editions. Sabin 2613; Wagner-Camp 58b.