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Travelers' Original Accounts: 1801-1840 



1836 



BuETTNER, JoHANN G. Briefe aus und iiber Nordamerika; oder, 1836 

 Beitrage zu einer richtigen kenntniss der Vereinigten Staaten und ihrer Buettner 

 bewohner. . . . Dresden and Leipzig: Arnoldische Buchhandlung. 

 1847. 1:61-69. 



Clark, Lewis GAYLORD, editor. The literary remains of the late 1836 

 Willis Gaylord Clark, including the Ollapodiana Papers, the Spirit of Life, Clark 

 and a selection from his various prose and poetical writings. N. Y. : 

 Burgess, Stringer and Co. 1844. Pp. 154-172. 



An original account of the Falls in intimate and conversational style, by 

 one who believed that Niagara could be described and was willing to 

 try it. 



Eyre, John. The beauties of America. Buffalo: Steele. 1836. J 836 

 Pp. 59-65. £ y re 



Gilman, Caroline. The poetry of travelling in the United States. _ 1836 

 With additional sketches, by a few friends; and A week among auto- 

 graphs, by Rev. S. Gilman. N. Y. : S. Colman. 1 838. Pp. 1 06-1 1 6. 



An interesting recital of personal experiences at the Falls. 



. . . My room overlooks the Falls; I have listened to their 

 roar, I have sprung often to the windows to see the white foam 

 glitter, and rise and die away upwards, like thoughts that blend 

 with heaven, and I have felt a spell on my soul as if Deity stood 

 visibly there. 



At the first approach to the Falls, from the smooth river to 

 the Rapids I experienced a sensation of oppression, followed by 

 trembling and fears; my first full view was at Table Rock, in 

 sunshine. For a few moments I longed for the sombre cliffs of 

 Trenton to relieve the dazzling whiteness of the foam; but as I 

 gazed, my thoughts became dream-like; the far distant and dim 

 future blended together; I felt an indistinct and troubled joy, 

 like the bright chaos beneath me. 



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After a long, long view at Table Rock, where the waters of 

 lakes and rivers are seen, concentrated, rushing over, and thun- 

 dering down the chasm, we descended the staircase, and looked 



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