Greatest wonders of the world, as seen and described by famous writers

by Unknown

Illustrations

Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc	Switzerland	[Frontispiece]
		FACING PAGE
Blue Grotto	Italy	[4]
Chamouni, Mer de Glace	Switzerland	[12]
The Dead Sea	Palestine	[20]
Mount Vesuvius	Italy	[28]
The Falls of the Rhine	Germany	[40]
An Ice Floe	Antarctic	[52]
The Desert of Sahara	Africa	[60]
Fingal’s Cave	Scotland	[64]
The Himilayas	India	[72]
Niagara Falls	North America	[80]
Niagara Falls in Winter	North America	[88]
Fuji-San	Japan	[92]
The Cedars of Lebanon	Syria	[100]
The Giant’s Loom, Giant’s Causeway	Ireland	[104]
The Keystone, Giant’s Causeway	Ireland	[108]
The Great Glacier of the Selkirks	Canada	[116]
Lava Cascade Flow	Hawaii	[124]
Trollhätta	Sweden	[132]
Canyon of the Colorado	North America	[136]
The Rock of Gibraltar	Spain	[140]
The Rock of Gibraltar	Spain	[144]
Thingvalla	Iceland	[148]
Rocking Stones, Land’s End	England	[156]
Falls of the Zambesi	Africa	[172]
The Dragon-Tree	Teneriffe	[180]
Mount Shasta	North America	[184]
The City of the Lagoons	Italy	[192]
First Cataract of the Nile	Africa	[200]
Mont Blanc	Switzerland	[208]
Aiguille du Dru, Alps	Switzerland	[210]
The Vale of Kashmir	India	[216]
The Lachine Rapids	Canada	[228]
Lake Rotorua	New Zealand	[232]
The Big Trees of California	North America	[240]
Gersoppa Falls	India	[248]
Etna	Sicily	[256]
The Garden of the Gods	America	[264]
The Iron Gates of the Danube	Turkey	[280]
The High Woods	South America	[304]
The Yo-semité Valley	North America	[328]
The Golden Horn	Turkey	[344]
Costing Springs, Yellowstone	North America	[352]

WONDERS OF THE WORLD