Travelers' Original Accounts Since 1840 

 falls during the autumn of 1852. . . . Lond. : Effingham Wilson. 1852 



1853. Pp. 91-96. Patten 



The bulk of the account consists of quotation from Chateaubriand. 



STRICKLAND, Agnes, ed. Twenty-seven years in Canada west; or, 1852 

 The experience of an early settler. By Major Strickland. Lond. : s,nckIand 

 R. Bentley. 1853. 2:247-258. 



Description, information, Niagaraiana. 



Pulszky, Francis A. and Theresa W. White, red, black; 1852 

 sketches of society in the United States during the visit of their guest ' y 



(Kossuth). Lond.: Truebner. 1853. 3:112-127. 



The authors accompanied the Kossuths on their trip through the United 

 States. Their book is compiled from notes kept by Mrs. Pulszky. It 

 appears that they visited the Falls repeatedly. The cataract and various 

 other attractions are duly described. We quote: " The scenery con- 

 tains but two great features: the waters and the rocks; yet both are 

 mighty, and their different combination presents a magnificent succession 

 of sublime and idyllic sites." 



1853 



SINCLAIR, John. Sketches of old times and distant places. Lond.: 1853 

 Murray. 1875. Pp. 244-255. Sinclair 



A record of a visit made in September, 1853, by the Archdeacon of 

 Middlesex and Vicar of Kensington. 



Bunn, ALFRED. Old England and New England. Lond.: Bentley. 1853 

 1853. 1:302-310. B unn 



As in the case of many another traveller, the rapids struck the author 

 " with as much awe and wonder as even the abyss itself into which they 

 eventually roll. . . .*' 



BENWELL, J. An Englishman's travels in America, with observations. i 853 

 Lond.: Goodwin. 1853. Pp. 45-47. Benwell 



The writer was impressed not so much by the height of the Falls as 

 with their immense body of water. According to his testimony, "At 

 night the distant moan of Niagara Falls was audible " in Buffalo. 



1853-1854 



EVEREST, ROBERT. A journey through the United States and part 1353-54 

 of Canada. Lond.: John Chapman. 1855. P. 40. Everett 



Just a paragraph or two expressing the author's disappointment in the 

 Falls and their surroundings. 



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