Transcriber’s Note This picture book has no Table of Contents. [Illustration: (cover) THE NEW BOOK OF NIAGARA _Scenes in Summer and Winter_] [Illustration: THE NEW BOOK OF NIAGARA _Scenes in Summer and Winter_] ❦ “_Niagara is an awful symbol of Infinite power--a version of Infinite beauty--a shrine, a temple erected by the hand of the Almighty for all the children of men._”--_Oration by Jas. C. Carter._ ❦ BUFFALO, N. Y. ROBERT ALLAN REID, PUBLISHER, 253–257 ELLICOTT STREET. Copyrighted, 1901, by Robert Allan Reid. All rights reserved. [Illustration: GENERAL VIEW OF THE FALLS. Favorite positions for this view are Hennepin View in Prospect Park and the New Steel Bridge. At the left is the American Fall with Luna Island and Goat Island dividing it from the Horseshoe Fall. The Maid of the Mist, near her landing, and the inclined railway are minor objects of interest.] [Illustration: CANADIAN FALL, AND MAID OF THE MIST. A trip on the “Maid of the Mist” past the Falls is one of the most fascinating of the experiences to be had at Niagara. The views of the descending floods, the swirling water below and the rainbow through the mist all lend enchantment to the trip.] [Illustration: AMERICAN FALL FROM PROSPECT POINT. It is while standing at or near Prospect Point that the very large majority of people who visit Niagara get their first view of the wondrous cataract. At one wide sweep of vision Niagara is before you and you see the water pour over the edge of the precipice, falling with stupendous power on the rocks below.] [Illustration: AMERICAN FALL FROM BELOW. Standing on the rocks at the foot of the Inclined Railway in Prospect Park and looking at the down-pour of water over the American Fall, a new impression of Niagara’s greatness comes over you, and you marvel at the beauty of the mighty flood.] [Illustration: THE FALLS BY MOONLIGHT. Under the light of the full moon of summer time, when Nature has done her best to make the locality all about delightful, the mind is made receptive of the moonlight softness, and the beauty of the scene impresses all with its magnificence.] [Illustration: PROSPECT POINT IN WINTER. In winter and summer alike Prospect Point is one of the main vantage spots from which to view Niagara. Immediately below the Point the mountain grows to an unlimited size as the spray freezes, and builds it by night and by day. In the ice bridge season there is no better place to view it than Prospect Point.] [Illustration: TERRAPIN ROCK AND HORSESHOE FALL FROM GOAT ISLAND. The Horseshoe or Canadian Fall, as a single object, is regarded as the sublimest thing in Nature. The Canadian Rapids have a fall of 55 feet in three-quarters of a mile before reaching the Falls, while it is estimated that the volume of water is ten times greater than that passing over the American Fall.]