Niagara Falls 



1827 



1828 

 Darby 



1828 

 Eastman 



1829 



Macau ley 



1829 



Woodbridge 



A trip to Niagara. By a Washingtonian. (So. lit. messenger, Nov. 

 1827. 3:657-664.) 



An interesting description of the journey and of the Falls with their 

 effect upon the feelings of the writer. 



The effect upon the feelings, of this gigantic prodigy of nature 

 [the Falls] may not be easily described. I have frequently read 

 of the sentiment of his own nothingness which it excites in the 

 bosom of the beholder. With me it had no such effect. I felt 

 as if in the immediate presence of the great Creator — his heav- 

 enly bow of peace and beauty hanging over the vapor tribute 

 of waters. My mind was filled with ideas of immensity and 

 power, and my soul seemed divested of its load of earth, and 

 hovering in contemplation towards the great source of existence — 

 material and intellectual — at whose word the seas were filled 

 with waters. . . . Elevated to such feelings by even the 

 comparatively feeble picture before me, of his attributes of 

 power and goodness — so thought I, and so I felt at Niagara — 

 for my soul could only contain this absorbing sentiment — The 

 Creator, God — is here! 



1828 



Darby, WlLLIAM. View of the United States, historical, geographical, 

 and statistical; exhibiting, in a convenient form, the natural and artificial 

 features of the several states. . . . Phila. : Tanner. 1828. 

 Pp. 209-216. 



A description, in rather formal style, of the beauties of the Falls, and 

 the principal points of interest, scenic and historical. 



Eastman, F. S. A history of the state of New York from the first 

 discovery of the country to the present time. N. Y. : Bliss. 1 828. 

 Pp. 5-6. 



1829 



Macauley, James. The natural, statistical and civil history of the 

 state of New York. N. Y.: Gould and Banks. 1829. 1 :2 12-2 17. 



Woodbridge, William C. Rudiments of geography on a new plan. 

 11th ed. Hartford: Cooke. 1829. P. 62. 



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