The volume, crowded with pictures of the marvels and beauties of the Canyon, is of absorbing interest. Dramatic narratives of hairbreadth escapes and thrilling adventures, stories of Indians, their legends and customs, and Mr. James's own perilous experiences, give a wonderful personal interest in these pages of graphic description of the most stupendous natural wonder on the American Continent.--_Philadelphia Public Ledger._ A veritable storehouse of wonders.--_Boston Advertiser._ There is a ring of actuality about this book.--_Outing_, New York. The Grand Canyon has never before received such an exposition either with pen or camera.--_Literary World._ He has told his story in so fascinating a manner that one feels almost within sight and sound of the great canyon.--_San Francisco Bulletin._ The most thorough description of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and its surroundings to be found anywhere.--_Chicago Tribune._ He has not been content to describe the wonders in his own words, but from historical records, from the notes of explorers and discoverers, and from the accounts of Indian natives, white hunters, miners, and guides, he has quoted freely wherever he could find matter of interest and value.--_Argonaut_, San Francisco. An illustrated work of which too much can scarcely be said in praise. The Grand Canyon is one of the world's wonders, and this volume is the most thorough and satisfying presentation of its many rugged attractions thus far offered.--_San Francisco Chronicle._ There is probably no man in the country who is better qualified for the writing of such a book than Professor James.... Too much cannot be said in praise of his work.--_Arizona Daily Journal-Miner_, Prescott, Arizona. Will be the standard with reference to the main features--historic, scenic, and scientific--of the Great Canyon of the Colorado.... Legend and tradition are drawn upon for the dramatic effect and local color, so that in many respects the book possesses a charm peculiarly its own.... One of the typical books of the great West.--_Brooklyn Standard Union._ CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE COLORADO RIVER AND ITS CANYONS. II. EXPLORATIONS FROM THE TIME OF THE SPANIARDS (1540) TO MAJOR J. W. POWELL (1869). III. EXPLORATIONS BY MAJOR J. W. POWELL (1869-72). IV. LATER EXPLORATIONS. V. FLAGSTAFF, THE SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAINS, THE CLIFF AND CAVE DWELLINGS, AND THE DEAD VOLCANOES. VI. FROM THE SANTA FÉ RAILWAY TO THE CANYON BY STAGE. VII. TO THE CANYON BY RAILWAY, AND A FEW PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS TO THE TOURIST. VIII. FIRST IMPRESSIONS. IX. WHAT DOES ONE SEE? X. ON THE RIM. XI. THE GRAND VIEW TRAIL. XII. THE BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL. XIII. TWO DAYS' HUNT FOR A BOAT IN A SIDE GORGE NEAR THE BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL. XIV. THE MYSTIC SPRING TRAIL. XV. THREE DAYS OF EXPLORING IN TRAIL CANYON WITH THE WRONG COMPANION. XVI. MR. W. W. BASS AND HIS CANYON EXPERIENCES.