Preservation of the Falls 



[Preservation of Niagara Falls.] (Harp., Dec, 1882. 66:151- 1882 

 152.) 



An appeal for the preservation of the Falls by the reservation of a strip 

 of land on both sides of the river. 



SHARPE, WlLLIAM. The international temple of Niagara. Reprinted 1882 

 from Modern Thought, Mar., 1882. Lond. : Modern Press, n. d. Sharpe 



A glorification of Niagara as a natural temple and an appeal for its 

 preservation. 



1883 



The destruction of Niagara. (Spec, June 30, 1883. 56:831-832.) 1883 



A review of the American agitation concerning conditions at the Falls 

 together with the history of the reservation movement. According to this 

 author, " a common error is to suppose that the Falls themselves constitute 

 the chief interest of Niagara." He goes on to say that " nothing could 

 be more mistaken; the Falls are merely one of the constituent parts of the 

 whole spectacle. The rapids, the islands, the cataract, the chasm below 

 the cataract, the whirlpool rapids, the basin of the whirlpool — all these 

 are included in the word ' Niagara.' " 



Lorne, John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland iss3 

 CAMPBELL, Marquis of. Canadian pictures drawn with pen and pencil ; Lome 

 with numerous illustrations from objects and photographs in the possession 

 of and sketches by the Marquis of Lorne, Sydney Hall, etc., engraved by 

 Edward Whymper. N. Y. : n. d. Pp. 66-69. 



Shows desirability of making a park around the Falls; gives summer as 

 the best season for seeing the scene. The article is illustrated by a view 

 of the Falls from the American side. 



Lorne, John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland 

 CAMPBELL, Marquis of. The governor-general's reply to addresses from 

 the royal academy and the Ontario society of artists, Toronto, June, 1 883. 

 (In Memories of Canada and Scotland: speeches and verses. Montreal: 

 Dawson Brothers. 1884. Pp. 334-335.) 



. There is only one other subject I would like to men- 

 tion, though it has no direct connection with Art. But it is one 

 mooted by Lord Dufferin, I think, in this very place, at all events 

 in Toronto, some years ago. He asked me when I came not to 



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