The Niagara book
Subtitle: a complete souvenir of Niagara Falls : containing sketches, stories and essays--descriptive, humorous, historical and scientific
By: written exclusively for this book by W.D. Howells, Mark Twain, Nathaniel S. Shaler, and others ; fully illustrated by Harry Fenn.
Contributors: Fenn, Harry, 1838-1911.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Collection (Library of Congress); Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Underhill and Nichols
Published: 1893
Place of publication: Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Adam (Biblical figure) -- Fiction; Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel
Notes: BAL 3437
"Extracts from Adam's diary translated from the original ms. by Mark Twain": p. [93]-109.
In printed wrapper or bound in cloth.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Niagara, First and Last
authors: W. D. Howells; title: What to See
pagenum: 28
authors: Frederic Almy; title: The Geology of Niagara Falls
pagenum: 65
authors: Prof. N. S. Shaler; title: The First Authentic Mention of Niagara Falls
pagenum: 93
authors: Mark Twain; title: Famous Visitors at Niagara Falls
pagenum: 110
authors: Thomas R. Slicer; title: Historic Niagara
pagenum: 140
authors: Peter A. Porter; title: The Flora and Fauna of Niagara Falls
pagenum: 170
authors: David F. Day; title: As It Rushes By
pagenum: 186
authors: Edward S. Martin; title: The Utilization of Niagara's Power
pagenum: 193
authors: Coleman Sellers, E. D.; title: The Hydraulic Canal
pagenum: 221
authors: W. C. Johnson; title: Illustrations; title: The American Rapids by Moonlight
pagenum: Frontispiece; title: A Bit of the American Falls from Below The Cave of the Winds - Summer
pagenum: 16; title: A Bit of the American Falls from Below The Cave of the Winds - Winter
pagenum: 34; title: The Horse Shoe Falls from the Three Sisters - The Dufferin Islands in the Distance
pagenum: 46; title: A Bird's-Eye View of Niagara River
pagenum: 64; title: A Map of the Hydrography at a Date Before the Melting of the Great Glacier
pagenum: 70; title: A Map of the Hydrography at a Date After the Melting of the Great Glacier
pagenum: 74; title: A Map of Lake Iroquois
pagenum: 77; title: Niagara Falls, Showing the Hard and Soft Strata
pagenum: 83; title: A Bird's-Eye View of the Niagara River Gorge
pagenum: 88; description: (The six illustrations on pages 64, 70, 74, 77, 83, 88 are reprinted from Gilbert's report of the New York State Reservation.); title: The Horse Shoe Falls from Goat Island
pagenum: See Page; title: The Whirlpool Rapids with the Cantilever Bridge Above
pagenum: 128; title: A Map of the Niagara River - Showing Points of Historic Interest
pagenum: 154; title: Niagara Falls - From an Old Drawing by Father Hennepin
pagenum: 169; title: Looking Towards the Three Sisters from Canada
pagenum: 174; title: The Inlet Canal and Niagara River
pagenum: 197; title: The Interior of the Tunnel
pagenum: 202; title: Transverse Sketch, Showing Inlet from Main Canal
pagenum: 206; title: The Discharge Portal
pagenum: 215; description: The half-tone illustrations and decorative headings for all the articles are reproduced from original sketches by Harry Fenn.