Excerpt from Goat Island The Island embraces over two-thirds of the acreage, and by reason of its location is by far the most important part, of the New York State Reservation at Niagara. It is a paradise; I do not believe there is -a spot in the world which within the same space comprises so much grandeur and beauty. This expression by a. Boston divine, 70 years ago, is but a condensation of what many (others since then have verbally expressed, in longer, but certainly in no more forcible, words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.