. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . ara offers many scenes of marvelous beauty, of greatvariety, and of striking picturesqueness, that one should seeunder the varying conditions of sunlight and shadow, calmand storm, and under the silvery moonlight. Every mile ofNiagara River, from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, especiallyfrom the Rapids above the Falls to the end of the gorge atLewiston and Queenston, is filled with interesting and charm-ing scenes. However long the traveler may linger, newbeauties and new points of interest will present themselves,and the
. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . ara offers many scenes of marvelous beauty, of greatvariety, and of striking picturesqueness, that one should seeunder the varying conditions of sunlight and shadow, calmand storm, and under the silvery moonlight. Every mile ofNiagara River, from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, especiallyfrom the Rapids above the Falls to the end of the gorge atLewiston and Queenston, is filled with interesting and charm-ing scenes. However long the traveler may linger, newbeauties and new points of interest will present themselves,and the greater will be his appreciation of this wonderful scene. He has seen a grand sight who has looked out from FallsView, where the Michigan Central trains stop, but let him notthink he has yet seen Niagara Falls, for the great cataract ismany-sided, and should be seen from all points. The touristwill never know its majestic grandeur until he has stood belowand seen its flood of waters pour from the very vault of will never know Niagaras power until he has passed5. From Sister Islands. behind its watery veil and felt the buffeting of its prisoned air,or stood beside the Whirlpool Rapids and felt the utter im-potence of man. He will never know its indescribable beautyuntil he has watched the very centerof the Horse shoe and wooed thespirit of the waters, or wandered inthe wooded aisles of Goat Island, orby the fairy cascades of the ThreeSisters. He will never understandits wonderful voice until he hasstood at the foot of the GreatHorseshoe and listened to its thun-der, that Eugene Thayer, the fam-ous organist, declared was not aroar, but the divinest music onearth. The banks of the river upon either side of the Falls havebeen reserved by the Ontario and New York State Govern-ments as free public parks, so that the expense of a visit toNiagara has been shornof exorbitant hotel accommoda-tions at Niagara areample, excellent inquality, and reasonablein price. On
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