THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
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PICTURESQUE BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL, GRAND CAÑON, ARIZONA
THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT From Pike's Peak to the Pacific
By LILIAN WHITING
Author of "The World Beautiful," "The Florence of Landor," "Boston Days," etc.
"The Fairest enchants me; The Mighty commands me."
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1909
Copyright, 1906, By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved. Printers S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U. S. A.
TO The Unfading Memory OF MAJOR JOHN WESLEY POWELL THE GREAT EXPLORER
Whose name is inseparably linked for all time with the "Titan of Chasms," the entire length of which he penetrated, revealing its weird and mysterious grandeur; whose fidelity to scientific survey has signally advanced the progress of our country; whose wise foresight in advocating water supplies for arid lands, whose heroism amid hardships and whose persistence of energy and noble purpose forever endear his name to every American and to all who revere the loftiest achievements of science,
These pages are inscribed by
LILIAN WHITING.
"The sun set, but not his hope; Stars rose; his faith was earlier up."
"What's life to me? Where'er I look is fire, where'er I listen Music; and where I tend bliss evermore." Browning.