THE VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARKS ON THE VOLCANO IN SCENERY 145 VII. LASSEN PEAK AND MOUNT KATMAI 148 VIII. MOUNT RAINIER, ICY OCTOPUS 159 IX. CRATER LAKE'S BOWL OF INDIGO 184 X. YELLOWSTONE, A VOLCANIC INTERLUDE 202 XI. THREE MONSTERS OF HAWAII 229 THE SEDIMENTARY NATIONAL PARKS XII. ON SEDIMENTARY ROCK IN SCENERY 247 XIII. GLACIERED PEAKS AND PAINTED SHALES 251 XIV. ROCK RECORDS OF A VANISHED RACE 284 XV. THE HEALING WATERS 305 THE GRAND CANYON AND OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS ON THE SCENERY OF THE SOUTHWEST 321 XVI. A PAGEANT OF CREATION 328 XVII. THE RAINBOW OF THE DESERT 352 XVIII. HISTORIC MONUMENTS OF THE SOUTHWEST 367 XIX. DESERT SPECTACLES 385 XX. THE MUIR WOODS AND OTHER NATIONAL MONUMENTS 404 ILLUSTRATIONS Zoroaster from the depths of the Grand Canyon _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE The Rainbow Natural Bridge, Utah 8 Middle fork of the Belly River, Glacier National Park 12 General Grant Tree 18 The Giant Geyser--greatest in the world 22 The Yosemite Falls--highest in the world 26 El Capitan, survivor of the glaciers 44 Half Dome, Yosemite's hooded monk 46 The climax of Yosemite National Park 56 The greatest waterwheel of the Tuolumne 56 Tehipite Dome, guardian rock of the Tehipite Valley 82 East Vidette from a forest of foxtail pines 84 Bull Frog Lake, proposed Roosevelt National Park 90 Under a giant sequoia 90 Estes Park Plateau, looking east 96 Front range of the Rockies from Bierstadt Lake 96 Summit of Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park 110 The Andrews Glacier hangs from the Continental Divide 114 A Rocky Mountain cirque carved from solid granite 114 Mount McKinley, looming above the great Alaskan Range 128 Archdeacon Stuck's party half-way up the mountain 128 The summit of Mount McKinley 128 In Lafayette National Park 134