28 A BOOK-LOVER S HOLIDAYS 



From the southernmost point of this table 

 land the view of the canyon left the beholder 

 so^mn with the sense of awe. At high noon, 

 under the unveiled sun, every tremendous de 

 tail leaped in glory to the sight; yet in hue and 

 shape the change was unceasing from moment 

 to moment. When clouds swept the heavens, 

 vast shadows were cast; but so vast was the 

 canyon that these shadows seemed but patches 

 of gray and purple and umber. The dawn and 

 the evening twilight were brooding mysteries 

 over the dusk of the abyss; night shrouded its 

 immensity, but did not hide it; and to none of 

 the sons of men is it given to tell of the wonder 

 and splendor of sunrise and sunset in the Grand 

 Canyon of the Colorado. 



