THE MAMMOTH CAVE. 175 
valuable information regarding the early history 
of the State, but which has become so scarce that 
we were unable to procure a copy until our 
manuscript was nearly ready for the press, in 
treating upon Edmonson County, gives a very 
entertaining account of the Mammoth Cave 
(pp. 254-61). The following is the opening 
paragraph : 
“In Edmonson County is situated, perhaps 
the greatest natural wonder in the world, the 
‘celebrated Mammoth Cave. . In no other place 
has nature exhibited her varied powers on a 
more imposing scale of grandeur and magnifi- 
cence. The materials of the following sketch 
of this Cave are derived, principally, from a 
small publication issued by Morton & Griswold, 
of Louisville, entitled ‘Rambles in the Mammoth 
Cave, during the year 1844, by a Visitor.’ This 
publication contains, we believe, the most com- 
plete and accurate description of this subterra- 
nean palace that has yet appeared, and gives 
the reader a very vivid conception of that amaz- 
ing profusion of grand, solemn, picturesque, and 
Pioneers, Soldiers, Statesmen, Jurists, Lawyers, Divines, ete. 
Illustrated by forty engravings. By Lewis Collins. Published 
by Lewis Collins, Maysville, Ky.; and Js A. & U. P. James, Cin- 
cinnati, 1847. 8vo, pp. 560. 
