Niagara Falls 



1850 



1850 



I have now taken my farewell look of the great scene and 

 sight. The green colour of the water, its inexpressively delight- 

 ful, living odour, charms me as much as ever. I shall always, in 

 recalling it, think of the fountains of eternal youth. I am satisfied 

 to leave it, but would wish to come once more to see the fall 

 in its winter magnificence, when it crowns itself with flowers and 

 fruits, and a thousand fantastic adornments of ice; when the full 

 moon shines and spans it with the lunar bow. We shall see! 

 But I am nevertheless infinitely thankful to have seen Niagara. 

 Its quiet grandeur and power, its colour, its spray, the rainbow's 

 sport in that white, cloudy figure — all this is and will remain a 

 clear, living image in my soul. And that eternal fulness of 

 nature's heart here — ah ! that the human heart might resemble 

 it, perpetually filled anew, perpetually flowing, never weary, 

 never scanty, never dried up! 



Some pages of poetic prose by a gifted writer. 



Recollections of a ramble from Sydney to Southampton, via South 

 America, the West Indies, the United States, and Niagara. Lond. : 

 R. Bentley. 1851. Pp. 320-330. 



A flying visit made in the early spring. He gives a thrilling account 

 of the ferry trip across the river amid the floating ice. 



1851 



Ampere 



1851 



Busch 



1851 

 Curtis 



1851 



Ampere, Jean Jacques Antoine. Promenade en Amerique. 

 . . . Paris: Michel Levy freres. 1855. 1:162-170. 



An enthusiastic and interesting account of a visit made in October, 

 1 85 1 . The author saw everything apparently and touches on various 

 aspects of the Falls. 



BUSCH, MoRITZ. Wanderungen zwischen Hudson und Mississippi, 

 1851 und 1852. Stuttgart und Tubingen. 1854. 2:121. 



Remarks on the Falls in winter and the short distance at which the 

 sound can be heard. 



Curtis, George William. Lotus-eating. A summer book. N. Y. : 

 Harper Bros. 1852. Pp. 75-102. 



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