1882, and the years following, were on a different plan and scale; they have merely served the purpose of preliminary studies of the general subject. To the editor and publishers of the Century Magazine I am obliged for their courtesy in all affairs relating to my contract with them, and for an arrangement which enables me to have free use of my material. JOSHUA'S ROCK, Lake George, October, 1896. PREFACE. (IN the coast line the American maps follow the charts of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey; the third map conforms to the British |