Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description of the site and location. These vignettes give us rare glimpses of scenic locations as they appeared in 1840. All sites are in the eastern part of the United States, especially New England and New York. This is Volume One of a two-volume set. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Chapters
1 Preface 3 min 2 American Scenery 9 min 3 Niagara Falls, from the Ferry 5 min 4 View from West Point 5 min 5 Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine 7 min 6 View from Mount Holyoke 6 min 7 The Outlet of Niagara River 6 min 8 The Palisades, Hudson River 6 min 9 The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara 6 min 10 Saratoga Lake 6 min 11 The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs 5 min 12 Albany 6 min 13 Crow's Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point 7 min 14 View below Table Rock 6 min 15 Lake Winipiseogee 6 min 16 Kosciusko's Monument 6 min 17 The Horseshoe Falls at Niagara, with the Tower 6 min 18 The Narrows, at Staten Island 7 min 19 View of the Capitol at Washington 7 min 20 View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga 5 min 21 View from Fort Putnam 6 min 22 View of State Street, Boston 9 min 23 Niagara Falls, from Clifton House 7 min 24 View from Hyde Park 6 min 25 Village of Sing-Sing 6 min 26 View from Ruggle's House, Newburgh 6 min 27 Descent into the Valley of Wyoming 6 min 28 Boston, from Dorchester Heights 8 min 29 View of Faneuil Hall, Boston 7 min 30 New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station 5 min 31 Peekskill Landing 7 min 32 Lighthouse near Caldwell Landing 7 min 33 Harper's Ferry, from the Potomac Side 11 min 34 Caldwell, Lake George 8 min 35 Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee 7 min 36 Yale College, at New Haven 6 min 37 Willey House, White Mountains 5 min 38 Battle Monument, Baltimore 6 min 39 Forest Scene on Lake Ontario 6 min 40 Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Rail-road 8 min 41 The Indian Falls near Coldspring 6 min 42 Columbia Bridge, over the Susquehanna 6 min 43 The Genessee Falls, Rochester 6 min 44 The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York 5 min 45 Rail-road to Utica, Little Falls 10 min 46 Utica & The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara 6 min 47 View From Mount Washington 5 min 48 Mount Washington, and the White Hills 6 min 49 The Park and City Hall, New York 6 min 50 The Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the Catskills 4 min 51 Trenton High Falls 5 min 52 The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson's Rock 7 min 53 Lockport, Erie Canal 8 min 54 The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon 5 min 55 Black Mountain, Lake George 7 min 56 Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke 5 min 57 View on the Erie Canal, near Little Falls 6 min 58 Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill 6 min 59 Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken 7 min 60 View of Meredith, New Hampshire 7 min 61 Ballston Springs 6 min 62 The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton 6 min 63 The Notch House, White Mountains 6 min 64 Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming 6 min 65 Squawm Lake, New Hampshire 6 min 66 Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George 8 min
