Niagara Falls 



1854 

 Ferguson 



1854 



Golovine 



described. Our visit winds up to-night with a thunder-storm, 

 in the midst of which the falls put on a new phase of beauty 

 and grandeur. 



GoLOVINE, IVAN. Stars and stripes ; or, American impressions. Lond. 

 andN. Y.: 1856. Pp. 15-20. 



The Russian was evidently more interested in conditions he found at 

 Niagara than in the Falls themselves. 



1857-58 



Mackay 



1859 



Southesk 



1859 

 Wilson 



1859 



Deedes 



1857-1858 



Mackay, CHARLES. Life and liberty in America; or, Sketches of a 

 tour in the United States and Canada in 1 85 7-8. Lond. : Smith, Elder. 



1859. 1:75-99. 



The author lingered for many days " in the purlieus of Niagara." He 

 describes his sensations at the various points of view and sums up the 

 whole thus: " But to me, if I can epitomize my feelings in four words, 

 Niagara spoke joy, peace, order, and eternity! " The account is based 

 on " Trans-Atlantic Sketches " published in the " Illustrated London 

 News." 



1859 



Southesk, James Carnegie, Earl of. Saskatchewan and the Rocky 

 mountains; a diary and narrative of travel, sport and adventure, during a 

 journey through the Hudson's Bay company's territories in 1859 and 



1860. Edinb.: Edmonton & Douglas. 1875. Pp. 3-4. 



The author was not at all impressed by the cataract, which he had imag- 

 ined " something very near the reality, except that the width was greater, 

 and the height less " than he had expected. He considers it " too huge, 

 and the disgustingly obtrusive civilization that crawls over its sides turns " 

 his very heart sick. . . . "A narrower, higher cataract would strike 

 more sharply on the mental vision than low-statured, wide-spreading 

 Niagara." 



WlLSON, THOMAS. Transatlantic sketches ; or, Traveling reminiscences 

 of the West Indies and United States. Montreal: John Lovell. 1860. 

 Pp. 174-179. 



Deedes, Henry. Sketches of the south and west; or, Ten months* 

 residence in the United States. Edinb. and Lond.: 1866. Pp. 8-1 1. 

 A description of the "current baths" and the burning spring. 



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