American Scenery: Or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History)
Cambridge University Press, 7/20/2009
EAN 9781108003049, ISBN10: 1108003044
Paperback, 288 pages, 29.7 x 21 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–67) came from a publishing family and began his writing career with contributions to magazines. He also wrote poetry and plays but is best remembered as a travel writer. In this two-volume work of 1840, his contribution (described on the title page as 'the literary department') was to provide a narrative for prints from the engravings of William Henry Bartlett (1809–54), the famous British landscape artist, who followed already established tourist routes in the United States to make his drawings. Each of Bartlett's 119 engravings is accompanied by a short essay by Willis, who states in the preface that it is his intention to bring to the reader at home 'at small cost' the sensations of travel which 'those whose lot is domestic and retired' would never be in a position to experience for themselves. This extremely popular work remained in print for thirty years.
1. Portrait of Mr. Bartlett
2. Niagara Falls, from the ferry
3. View from West Point
4. Trenton Falls, view down the ravine
5. View from Mount Holyoke
6. The outlet of Niagara River
7. The Palisades, Hudson River
8. The rapids above the falls of Niagara
9. Saratoga Lake
10. The colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs
11. Albany
12. Crow's nest, from Bull Hill, West Point
13. View below Table Rock
14. Lake Winipiseogee
15. The tomb of Kosciusko
16. The Horshoe Fall at Niagara, with the tower
17. The Narrows, at Staten Island
18. View of the Capitol at Washington
19. View of the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga
20. View from Fort Putnam
21. View of State Street, Boston
22. Niagara Falls, from Clifton House
23. View from Hyde Park
24. Village of Sing-Sing
25. View from Ruggle's House, Newburgh
26. Descent into the Valley of Wyoming
27. Boston, from Dorchester Heights
28. View of Faneuil Hall, Boston
29. New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station
30. Peekskill Landing
31. Light House, near Caldwell Landing
32. Harper's Ferry, from the Potomac side
33. Caldwell, Lake George
34. Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee
35. Yale College, at New Haven
36. Willey House
37. Battle Monument, Baltimore
38. Forest Scene on Lake Ontario
39. Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad
40. The Indian Falls near Coldspring
41. Columbia Bridge, on the Susquehanna
42. The Genessee Falls, Rochester
43. The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York
44. Rail-road scene, Little Falls
45. Utica
46. The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara
47. View from Mount Washington
48. Mount Washington, and the White Hills
49. The Park and City Hall, New York
50. The two lakes, and the mountain house on the Catskills
51. Trenton High Falls
52. The valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson's Rock
53. Lockport, Erie Canal
54. The tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon
55. Black Mountain, Lake George
56. Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke
57. View on the Erie Canal, near Little Falls
58. Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill
59. Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken
60. View of Meredith, New Hampshire
61. Ballston Springs
62. The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton
63. The Notch House, White Mountains
64. Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming
65. Squawm Lake, New Hampshire
66. Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George.