CONTENTS.

SUBJECT	AUTHOR	PAGE
New Dependencies of the United States	Oliver H. G. Leigh	[9]
Winter and Summer in New England	Harriet Martineau	[22]
Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands	Charles Morris	[31]
From New York to Washington in 1866	Henry Latham	[39]
The Natural Bridge and Tunnel of Virginia	Edward A. Pollard	[49]
Plantation Life in War Times	William Howard Russell	[62]
Among Florida Alligators	S. C. Clarke	[74]
In the Mammoth Cave	Thérèse Yelverton	[83]
Down the Ohio and Mississippi	Thomas L. Nichols	[94]
From New Orleans to Red River	Frederick Law Olmsted	[104]
Winter on the Prairies	G. W. Featherstonhaugh	[114]
A Hunter’s Christmas Dinner	J. S. Campion	[124]
A Colorado “Round-Up”	Alfred Terry Bacon	[133]
Among the Cow-boys	Louis C. Bradford	[141]
Hunting the Buffalo	Washington Irving	[147]
In the Country of the Sioux	Meriwether Lewis	[157]
The Great Falls of the Missouri	William Clarke	[168]
Hunting Scenes in Canadian Woods	B. A. Watson	[178]
The Grand Falls of Labrador	Henry G. Bryant	[189]
Life Among the Esquimaux	William Edward Parry	[200]
Fugitives from the Arctic Seas	Elisha Kent Kane	[210]
Rescued from Death	W. S. Schley	[220]
The Muir Glacier	Septima M. Collis	[230]
A Summer Trip to Alaska	James A. Harrison	[239]
The Fort William Henry Massacre	Jonathan Carver	[249]
The Gaucho and His Horse	Thomas J. Hutchinson	[257]
Valparaiso and Its Vicinity	Charles Darwin	[265]
An Escape from Captivity	Benjamin F. Bourne	[274]