Excerpt from The Only Nancy: A Tale of the Kentucky MountainsThe mouth of the Gorge through which the stream rushed into View and the several falls that were in its way toward the pool caught the eye of the artist and he proceeded at once to sketch. He thought, as he worked, that Nature was at her best in this wild place. NO human hand had ever touched it with the art or skill of man. It could not be improved. It was a case Of Beauty unadorned, adorned the most. The artist, delighted beyond measure with his discovery, concluded that Nature loved the beautiful and had somewhat selfishly reserved this retired place for her own delectation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.