Travelers' Original Accounts Since 1840 



1866-1867 



Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth. Greater Britain. A record of 1866-67 

 travel in English-speaking countries during 1866—7. . . . Phila. : Dilke 

 Lippincott. 1869. 1:69. 



A comparison of Chaudiere and Niagara by one who questions whether 

 any fall can be sublime. The author thinks that " Niagara has one beauty 

 in which it is unapproachcd by the great Chaudiere: the awesome slowness 

 with which the deep-green flood, in the centre of the Horseshoe Fall, rolls 

 rather than plunges into the gulf." The account is interesting because of 

 the author's point of view, even though he treats of Niagara only 

 incidentally. 



1867 



Latham, Henry. Black and white. A journal of a three months' 1867 

 tour in the United States. Lond.: Macmillan. 1867. Pp. 221-229. Latham 



The author spent two days at the Falls in March, 1 867. In his own 

 words, " the majesty of the slow descending curve of the great wave is 

 inexpressible." 



The majesty of the slow descending curve of the great wave 

 is inexpressible. . . . You watch the Falls until the}' 

 .fascinate you. You feel as if you were sitting at the spectacle 

 of a vast tragedy, in which Crime and Flight, and Terror and 

 Loathing, and Destiny and Power, and Death and Chaos, are 

 all playing inarticulate parts. ... In spite of frost and 

 snow, we hung about the Falls for two whole days. 



ZlNCKE, F. BARHAM. Last winter in the United States, being table 1867 

 talk collected during a tour through the late Southern Confederation, the Zincke 

 far west, the Rocky mountains. . . . Lond. : John Murray. 1 868. 

 Pp. 263-268. 



The author seems to prefer Niagara in its winter dress. 



1868 



Forster, John. Life of Charles Dickens. Phila.: J. B. Lippincott. 1868 

 1 872-1 874. 1 :404-405 ; 3 :433. F°»t« 



Two letters, one written in April, 1842, the other in March, 1868. 

 The first contains what is undoubtedly the rough draft from which was 

 evolved the much quoted description of the Falls. The letter is in intimate, 

 friendly style, and in very personal fashion. In the second letter Dickens 



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