[Illustration: No. 666. THE FALLS OF MINNEHAHA.] WHAT NORMAN SAW IN THE WEST. by the Author of “Four Days in July,” and “A Winter at Woodlawn.” “Much is my life enriched by the images of the great Niagara, of the vast lakes, and of the heavenly sweetness of the prairie scenes.”—MARGARET FULLER. Eight Illustrations. New York: Published by Carlton & Porter, Sunday-School Union, 200 Mulberry-Street. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by Carlton & Porter, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. ON THE RAILWAY 9 II. TWO DAYS AT NIAGARA 17 III. CHILDREN MADE HAPPY 27 IV. THE QUEEN CITY OF THE LAKE 40 V. ON THE ROCK RIVER 54 VI. INDIAN STORIES 65 VII. SECOND DAY UPON THE MISSISSIPPI 87 VIII. OWAH-MENAH; OR THE FALLING WATER 100 IX. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI 115 X. FOURTH DAY UPON THE MISSISSIPPI 124 XI. A SUNDAY IN DUBUQUE 134 XII. DOWN THE RIVER 138 XIII. THE PICNIC 151 XIV. THE CAMP-MEETING 158 XV. A SABBATH-DAY 168 XVI. ON THE RAIL 178 XVII. THE PRAIRIES 190 XVIII. CHICAGO, AND THE RIDE THITHER 202 XIX. ON THE LAKES 208 XX. MACKINAW AND LAKE HURON 218 XXI. COLLINGWOOD 240 XXII. A SUNDAY IN TORONTO 247 XXIII. ONCE MORE AT NIAGARA 255 XXIV. HOME AGAIN 263 Illustrations. PAGE FALLS OF MINNEHAHA 2 NEW YORK CITY 12 PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 73 INDIANS KILLING A WHITE FAMILY 79 MAIDEN’S ROCK 93 FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY 103 WESTERN SETTLER’S FIRST HOME 175 COMMON GULL 237 WHAT NORMAN SAW IN THE WEST. CHAPTER I. ON THE RAILWAY.