... narrative, which introduces the earth- quake supposed by many geologists to have formed that Californian wonder, the Yosemite Valley. The latter author overcrowds his space, however, and leave; two of his leading incidents in very unfinished dondition ...

... travel published for many a tay. *Life with Tcaos-Siberiain Savages. By B. Douglas Howard. (Longmnans). THE YOSEMITE * The Yosemite Valley is one of the showplaces of America, and were it not situated in such an out-of-the-way spot in the centre of ...

... and special accounts by Anthony Trollope and others of trips, to Niagara, the White Mountains, Yellowstone Park, the Yosemite Valley, &c., is Ihe Englishman's Illustrated Guide to the United States (longnian and Co.). For the intending emigrant, too ...

... and the United States, is the author's account of the famous Yosemite valley, the carriage road into which was opened for the first time on the day of his arrival. The rides through the valley, the various waterfalls from Cholock to the Bridal Veil, the ...

... full-page illustrations, fine specimens of the art of photogravure, which range in their scope from the Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley, to the Taj of Agra. Mr. Cecil catalogues a good deal which is familiar to readers of books of travel, or indeed of reference ...

... green of Trogon-haunted Guatemalan forests, musing in California on the natural forces vhich have sunk the floor of the Yosemite valley between its granite wall-, or measuring by their concentric rings the centuries of the giant trees of Calaveras. But the ...

... unusual things. IHe went to Niagara and descended to the Cave of the Winds; to Chicago and saw the pigs killed; to the Yosemite Valley and the Yellowstone Park, where he did the usual tours. He picked out the plums of travel in the North American continent ...

... suicide as the only way out of his troubles. THE FAMOUS YOSEMITE VALLEY in California is completely snow-bound, owing to the severe weather in the Western States Snow lies four feet deep in the valley, and is from six to ten feet in depth on the surrounding ...

... When the Maori is disposed of, we hope some part of the region will be made public property, afterthe fashion of the Yosemite Valley ; lest enterprising speculators mar its picturesqueness with monstrous wash- ing-houses in which to do all the laundry ...

... fair sample of her lighter touches. But she has read Prof. Whitney, and goes thoroughly into the question how all these Yosemite valleys (for there are many) were hollowed out, and how the crags aroundweregrooved andpolished. She is full of odds and ends ...