Everything a Victorian found astonishing, gathered into one enormous volume — burning springs and buried cities, freaks of storm and flood, the habits of bees and the manners of nations, filed under headings like “Curiosities Respecting Man.”
The engraving represents an extraordinary shower of these remarkable meteors, which took place at the Falls of Niagara. The view comprises the entire falls, with Goat Island in the centre.
FALLING OR SHOOTING STARS.COMMENCEMENT OF THE SOUTH-WEST MONSOON IN INDIA.
