Descriptive Guide Book of the Watkins Glen and Its Romantic Surroundings: Embracing Observations on Its Geology, Botany, Mineralogy, and Ornithology, ... and Magazine Press (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from Descriptive Guide Book of the Watkins Glen and Its Romantic Surroundings: Embracing Observations on Its Geology, Botany, Mineralogy, and Ornithology, With Numerous Notices From the American Newspaper and Magazine Press

The Watkins Glen has become so widely known, and the number of its yearly visitors so large, the necessity of a descriptive Guide-Book has been greatly felt, and the many inquiries that have been made for such a work have led to the preparation of this.

The writer has endeavored to meet the wants of the visitor by giving a simple description of the scenery of this wonderful Glen, without attempting to embellish it as fully as its merits deserve - only making it a guide-book, pointing out the various objects of interest, in order that all may be seen and the services of a living guide rendered unnecessary. The distances, heights, etc., have been given with all the accuracy possible from the most reliable estimates; for, owing to the peculiar conformation of this locality, actual measurement is impracticable. They may not in all cases be perfect in exactness, but are generally correct.

In the latter part of the book will be found some hints to those who have not had experience in exploring the Glen, concerning suitable dress, etc.

Particular attention is directed to the numerous and very flattering notices of the Press, among which will be found extracts from Porte Crayon's illustrated article in Harper's Monthly for June, 1871, and Grace Greenwood's article in the New York Tribune, of the previous year.

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