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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, etc. 

 Illustrated by forty engravings. By Lewis Collins. Published 

 by Lewis Collins, Maysville, Ky.; and J. A. & U. P. James, Cin- 

 cinnati, 1847. 8vo, pp. 560. 



