Book excerpt: New York, Washington, Chicago (OLIVER H. G. LEIGH) Winnipeg Lake and River (W. F. BUTLER) A Fine Scenic Route (HENRY T. FINCK) South Pass and Fremont's Park (JOHN C. FREMONT) In the Yellowstone Park (FERDINAND V. HAYDEN) The Country of the Cliff-Dwellers (ALFRED TERRY BACON) Lake Tahoe and the Big Trees (A. H. TEVIS) The Chinese Quarter in San Francisco (HELEN HUNT JACKSON) Mariposa Grove and Yosemite Valley (CHARLES LORING BRACE) A Sportsman's Experience in Mexico (SIR ROSE LAMBERT PRICE) The Scenery of the Mexican Lowlands (FELIX L. OSWALD) Among the Ruins of Yucatan (JOHN L. STEPHENS) The Route of the Nicaragua Canal (JULIUS FROEBEL) The Destruction of San Salvador (CARL SCHERZER) Scenes in Trinidad and Jamaica (JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE) The High Woods of Trinidad (CHARLES KINGSLEY) Animals of British Guiana (C. BARRINGTON BROWN) Life and Scenery in Venezuela (ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT) The Llaneros of Venezuela (RAMON PAEZ) The Forests of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers (FRANZ KELLER) Canoe- and Camp-Life on the Madeira (FRANZ KELLER) Besieged by Peccaries (JAMES W. WELLS) The Perils of Travel (IDA PFEIFFER) Brazilian Ants and Monkeys (HENRY W. BATES) The Monarchs of the Andes (JAMES ORTON) Inca High-Roads and Bridges (E. GEORGE SQUIER)