American Scenery by Nathaniel Parker Willis - 9781108003049

Cambridge University Press

American SceneryOr, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature\nAuthor(s): Nathaniel Parker Willis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108003049, 978-1108003049\nSynopsis\nNathaniel Parker Willis [tel] came from a publishing family and began his writing career with contributions to magazines. He also wrote poetry and plays but is best remembered as a travel writer. In this two-volume work of 1840, his contribution (described on the title page as 'the literary department') was to provide a narrative for prints from the engravings of William Henry Bartlett [tel], the famous British landscape artist, who followed already established tourist routes in the United States to make his drawings. Each of Bartlett's 119 engravings is accompanied by a short essay by Willis, who states in the preface that it is his intention to bring to the reader at home 'at small cost' the sensations of tra.