Interior of the McGraw-Fiske Mansion, Ithaca, N.Y., from back staircase to third story hall. (W. H. Miller, architect)

Interior of the McGraw-Fiske Mansion, Ithaca, N.Y. Carved mantlepiece and tapestries in guest chamber. (W. H. Miller, architect)

Interior of the McGraw-Fiske Mansion, Ithaca, N.Y., "Merope" The Lost Pleiade in art gallery. (W. H. Miller, architect)

Interior of the McGraw-Fiske Mansion, Ithaca, N.Y., from grand entrance through rotonda to art gallery. (W. H. Miller, architect)

Sketches from the McGraw-Fiske Mansion, East Hill, University Avenue, Ithaca, N.Y. (W. H. Miller, architect).

The McGraw-Fiske Mansion, East Hill, University Avenue, Ithaca, N.Y. (W. H. Miller, architect)

Wilgus Opera House, Ithaca, N.Y., as draped at Pres. Garfield's death, Sept. 19th, 1881.

View from the Hog's Back, Upper Taughannock Ravine, top of the main fall in the foreground, Cayuga Lake in the distance.

View from the Hog's Back, Upper Taughannock Ravine, top of main fall in the foreground, Cayuga Lake in the distance.

Ithaca Fall, 160 feet high, 150 feet broad, Crystal Pool in the foreground, Fall Creek.

Looking west from the Giant's Stairs, the Tripple Cascade in the distance, Cascadilla Creek.

Taughannock Ravine, from the west bank above the fall, near Ithaca, N.Y.