Wonders of Nature as Seen and Described by Famous Writers

xii, 366 pp. Alice C. Morse trade binding, with her initials incorporated into design on front board. Green cloth, elaborate gilt decorations, top edge gilt, Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, black-and-white plates from photos and illustrations. Writings by numerous well-known authors describing various natural wonders of the world, including Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope's impressions of Niagara Falls, Sir Walter Scott and John Keats's description of Fingal's Cave; Alexandre Dumas's take on The Blue Grotto of Capri and Etna, David Livingstone's impression of Victoria Falls, etc.