Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seekerBy George Wharton JamesWith a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour . nd knew that every second the scenechanged, yet I
Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seekerBy George Wharton JamesWith a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour . nd knew that every second the scenechanged, yet I could not tell how. I knew I sat high over a holeof broken, splintered, barren mountains; I knew I could see a hun-dred miles of the length of it, and eighteen miles of the width of it,and a mile of the depth of it, and the shafts and rays of rose lighton a million glancing, many hued surfaces at once; but that knowl-edge was no help to me. I repeated a lot of meaningless superlativesto myself, and I found words inadequate and superfluous. The spec-tacle was too elusive and too great. It was life and death, heavenand hell. So much for description. How the Canyon came into existence is the problemof the geologists. There are those who affirm theyknow. The more scientific and discreet present theirtheories with becoming diffidence. A stupendous mono-graph, fascinating as a novel, and containing some ofthe prose poems of the English language was written byCaptain Clarence E. Dutton upon its geological history. The Grand Canyon of The Grand Canyon 101 Later geologists have written often and much about it,the last and best paper being by L. F. Noble, and en-titled The Shinumo Quadrangle, Grand Canyon Dis-trict, Arizona. Those really interested should read boththese learned papers. He will therein find that thegeologists regard corrasion, as the chief, but by nomeans the only, agent of the Canyons creation. Bycorrasion is meant the erosive force of water, etc., exer-cised w
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