American Scenery: Or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature

by Nathaniel Parker Willis

Overview

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. The extremely popular work remained in print for thirty years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108003339
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/20/2009
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.47(d)

Table of Contents

1. Vignette. Entrance to the Hudson Highlands, near Newburgh; 2. The Catterskill Falls, from below; 3. The Catterskill Falls, from above the ravine; 3. Winter scene on the Catterskills; 4. Winter scene on the Catterskills; 5. Rogers' slide, Lake George; 6. The Gothic Church, Newhaven; 7. Niagara Falls, from the top of the ladder, on the American side; 8. Saw-Mill at Centre Harbour, Lake Winnipiseogee; 9. Little Falls, on the Mohawk; 10. Bridge at Norwich, Connecticut; 11. Undercliff, near Cold Spring; 12. Boston, and Bunker Hill, from the east; 13. Mount Jefferson, from Mount Washington; 14. Mount Tom, and the Connecticut River; 15. The Silver Sascade, in the notch of the White Mountains; 16. View of New York, from Weehawken; 17. The President's House from the river; 18. View on the Susquehannah, at Liverpool; 19. Desert Rock Lighthouse, Maine; 20. Washington's House, Mount Vernon; 21. Village of Little Falls, Mohawk River; 22. Harper's Ferry, from the Blue Ridge; 23. Barhydt's Lake, near Saratoga; 24. Fairmount Gardens, Philadelphia; 25. Sing-Sing Prison, and Tappan Sea; 26. Washington, from the President's house; 27. View of Baltimore; 28. The Exchange, and Girard's Bank, Philadelphia; 29. Principal front of the Capitol, Washington; 30. The Narrows, Lake George; 31. Natural Bridge, Virginia; 32. View of the Passaic Falls; 33. View of Northumberland, on the Susquehanna; 34. Pulpit Rock, White Mountains; 35. View of Hudson City, and the Catskill Mountains; 36. Scene among the Highlands on Lake George; 37. Schuylkill water works, Philadelphia; 38. The United States Bank, Philadephia; 39. Brock's Monument, from the American side; 40. Village of Catskill; 41. View from Gowanus' Heights, Brooklyn; 42. View on the Susquehanna, above Owago; 43. Bridge at Glens Fall, on the Hudson; 44. View from Mount Ida, near Troy; 45. View from Glenmary lawn, on the Owago; 46. View near Anthony's Nose, Hudson Highlands; 47. Washington's Monument, Baltimore; 48. East Port, and Passamaquoddy Bay; 49. Cemetary of Mount Auburn; 50. Northampton, Massachusetts; 51. Chapel of our Lady of Coldspring; 52. The mountain house, on the Catskills; 53. Faneuil Hall, from the water.