THE HISTORICAL, PICTURESQUE AND MACKINAC COUNTRY ILLUSTRATED FROM SKETCHES, DRAWINGS, MAPS AND BY EDWIN O. WOOD, LL.D. Formerly President Michigan Historical Commission, Vice-president of the New York Historical Society, the New York State Histori- cal Association, Life Fellow of the American Geo- graphical Society, Member of the Mississippi Valley Historical Society, and of the State Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME II NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY FOREWORD Volume I of Historic Mackinac is made up largely of data pertaining to the early history of the Mackinac country. The charms of Mackinac Island, with its old Fort, its beautiful scenery, pure and healthful air, the delights of its Indian trails, and the romantic legends interwoven with fascinating stories of the fairies, have attracted to its shores many of the most noted authors of their day. They have written of Mackinac, and have brought both fiction and fact into their productions, adding much to America's best literature through the inspiration given them by the richness of Mackinac's store of historical, legendary and picturesque resources. Meredith Nicholson, Charles Major, Edward Everett Hale, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and many other well-known writers, have found here a perfect environment and setting in which to weave their stories of life and of love. The aim has been to bring together and preserve for the reader of today and in years to come, some of the graphic descriptions given by celebrated travellers who visited the Island many years ago. To this end, Volume II is largely a collection of extracts from books long since out of print, all of which will ever hold an important place in the story of the "Fairy Isle." |