THE FAR WEST:
OR,
A TOUR BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS.
EMBRACING
OUTLINES OF WESTERN LIFE AND SCENERY; SKETCHES OF
THE PRAIRIES, RIVERS, ANCIENT MOUNDS, EARLY
SETTLEMENTS OF THE FRENCH, ETC., ETC.

"If thou be a severe, sour-complexioned man, then I here disallow thee to be a competent judge."—Izaak Walton.

"I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, ''Tis all barren.'"—Sterne.

"Chacun a son stile; le mien, comme vous voyez, n'est pas laconique."—Me. de Sevigne.