Part 2

II. YOSEMITE, THE INCOMPARABLE 36

III. THE PROPOSED ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK 69

IV. THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES 93

V. MCKINLEY, GIANT OF GIANTS 118

VI. LAFAYETTE AND THE EAST 132

THE VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARKS

ON THE VOLCANO IN SCENERY 145

VII. LASSEN PEAK AND MOUNT KATMAI 148

VIII. MOUNT RAINIER, ICY OCTOPUS 159

IX. CRATER LAKE'S BOWL OF INDIGO 184

X. YELLOWSTONE, A VOLCANIC INTERLUDE 202

XI. THREE MONSTERS OF HAWAII 229

THE SEDIMENTARY NATIONAL PARKS

XII. ON SEDIMENTARY ROCK IN SCENERY 247

XIII. GLACIERED PEAKS AND PAINTED SHALES 251

XIV. ROCK RECORDS OF A VANISHED RACE 284

XV. THE HEALING WATERS 305

THE GRAND CANYON AND OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS

ON THE SCENERY OF THE SOUTHWEST 321

XVI. A PAGEANT OF CREATION 328

XVII. THE RAINBOW OF THE DESERT 352

XVIII. HISTORIC MONUMENTS OF THE SOUTHWEST 367

XIX. DESERT SPECTACLES 385

XX. THE MUIR WOODS AND OTHER NATIONAL MONUMENTS 404

ILLUSTRATIONS

Zoroaster from the depths of the Grand Canyon Frontispiece FACING PAGE

The Rainbow Natural Bridge, Utah 8

Middle fork of the Belly River, Glacier National Park 12