ciful
minds of the old bards presented the image of Odin as he disappeared
before the advance of Christianity.

In Iceland, overlooking one of its picturesque valleys, is a bluff
surmounted by a colossal head, covered by a stunted growth looking not
unlike a cap with frills. Before this august image the worshipers of
Odin were wont to bow in serious reverence.

The rugged coast of England has several of these faces of nature. Off
the Cornish point are seen the Great Lions, and lower down the shore the
Armed Knight. There is also the Old Man, the Old Dame, Duke's Nose and
Witch's Head.

Not the least remarkable of these freaks is the Old Man of the Mountain,
who uprears his gigantic form amid a sea of cliffs and rugged heights,
in the heart of that region known as the "Switzerland of America"--New
Hampshire.

"What doth thy anxious gaze espy?
An abrupt crag hung from the mountain's brow!
Look closer; scan that bare, sharp cliff on high;
Aha! the wondrous shape bursts on thee now--
_A perfect human face_--neck, chin, mouth, nose and brow!"

A face of granite that alone kept watch and ward over the country long
ere the foot of man pressed its soil. In the grave, philosophical
outlines is traced a resemblance to Franklin's countenance. At the base
of this singular mountain lies a sparkling sheet of water, called the
"Old Man's Mirror."

More beautiful and wonderful than any of these grave images is the Maid
of the Kaaterskill Falls, in the Catskill Mountains. With the mellow
light of sunset falling obliquely upon the thin layer of water flowing
over a sharp ledge worn and fretted by the continual wear of the current
for ages, rock and spray together making up the illusion, is to be seen
the fairy-like form of an Indian maid, with flowing hair and robes. So
clearly does she appear that the beholder has at first the startling
conception of gazing upon a living being, suspended in the waters.

Indian tradition says that this maid of the mist was once the beloved of
the Great Spirit; but herself falling in love with a Mohawk brave, she
perished here, fleeing from her angry master.

MONUMENT PARK.

The formations from which this takes its name are among the greatest
curiosities to be seen in Colorado. Pen cannot well describe them. They
consist of a series of curiously shaped natural monuments, which have
been formed from sandstone rock solely by the action of the weather,
a thin strata of ir