American Scenery, Vol. 2
by Nathaniel Parker Willis
About this book
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 Two of a two-volume set. - Summary by Larry Wilson The Book Coordinators for this project were Larry Wilson and Linette Geisel
Chapters (51)
1 The Catterskill Falls
2 Winter Scene on the Catterskills
3 Rogers’ Slide, Lake George
4 The Gothic Church, New Haven
5 Niagara Falls from the Top of the Ladder on the American Side
6 Saw-Mill at Centre Harbour, Lake Winnipiseogee
7 Little Falls, on the Mohawk
8 Bridge at Norwich, Connecticut
9 Undercliff, near Cold Spring
10 Boston, and Bunker Hill, from the East
11 Mount Jefferson, from Mount Washington
12 Mount Tom, and the Connecticut River
13 The Silver Cascade, in the Notch of the White Mountains
14 View of New York, from Weehawken
15 The President’s House from the River
16 View on the Susquehanna, at Liverpool
17 Desert Rock Light-house, Maine
18 Washington’s House, Mount Vernon
19 Village of Little Falls, Mohawk River
20 Harper’s Ferry, from the Blue Ridge
21 Barhydt’s Lake, near Saratoga
22 Fairmount Gardens, Philadelphia
23 Sing-Sing Prison, and Tappan Sea
24 Washington, from the President’s House
25 View of Baltimore
26 The Exchange and Girard’s Bank, Philadelphia
27 Principal Front of the Capitol, Washington
28 The Narrows, Lake George
29 Natural Bridge, Virginia
30 View of the Passaic Falls
31 View of Northumberland, on the Susquehanna
32 Pulpit Rock, White Mountains
33 View of Hudson City, and the Catskill Mountains
34 Scene among the Highlands on Lake George
35 Schuylkill Water Works, Philadelphia
36 The United States Bank, Philadelphia
37 Brock’s Monument, from the American Side
38 Village of Catskill
39 View from Gowanus’ Heights, Brooklyn
40 View on the Susquehanna, above Owago
41 Bridge at Glens Fall, on the Hudson
42 View from Mount Ida, near Troy
43 View from Glenmary Lawn, on the Owago
44 View near Anthony’s Nose, Hudson Highlands
45 Washington’s Monument, Baltimore
46 East Port, and Passamaquoddy Bay
47 Cemetery of Mount Auburn
48 Northampton, Massachusetts
49 Chapel of our Lady of Coldspring
50 The Mountain House, on the Catskills
51 Faneuil Hall, from the Water
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