Niagara Falls 



interested student, was the problem. The answer is this bibli- 

 ography and anthology of the Falls. 



It is an attempt to make known and available at least the 

 printed material on the subject and will amply serve the purpose 

 for which it is written if it conveys some slight idea of the great 

 extent of Niagara literature, inspires something more than a mere 

 passing interest, and calls attention to the long history of the 

 Falls and the many interesting aspects — historical, political, 

 economic, industrial, scientific, artistic and literary — from 

 which they may be viewed. 



The author feels that his attempt is justified by the amount of 

 the material and the extreme rarity of much of it, by the interest 

 of the subject, the esthetic appeal of the Falls and their industrial 

 importance, and the prominent place which the question of their 

 preservation has occupied in local, state, national, and even inter- 

 national councils. 



As may be imagined, the selection and arrangement of the 

 material presented many problems. It should be pointed out in 

 the beginning that no attempt has been made to exhaust the 

 subject and that very little manuscript text has been included. 

 Indeed, in view of the vast amount of Niagara material and the 

 constant additions to it, the subject could not well be exhausted. 

 This bibliography is the most comprehensive thus far compiled, 

 all old titles have been included and new ones added to existing 

 lists, the titles given having been found in public libraries of the 

 United States. Except in the earliest period mere mention of the 

 Falls has not been regarded. Nor have general accounts of 

 events in the vicinity of the cataract been included unless they 

 were written with special reference to the Falls. The book is a 

 history not of the region but of the Falls and the material has, 

 as far as practicable, been strictly limited to the subject in hand. 

 If this is borne in mind apparent omissions will be explained. 



It seemed to the author that the material would be most accessi- 

 ble and his book most usable if the titles were thrown into the 

 form of an alphabetical list and then rearranged chronologically 



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