The three highest peaks of the Catskills--Hunter, Slide, and Peekamoose--were in full view, in purple and gold.

Beneath me on one side was the verdant valley of Rondout; on the other side the equally beautiful valley of the Wallkill.

In the dim distance we could discover the summits of the mountains in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
When I took Newman Hall, toward sunset, to a crag or cliff overlooking the lake, he said to me: "Next to Niagara I have seen nothing in America equal to this." Mohonk has been a favorite summer resort of many of the most distinguished people in our land.

The Honorable Rutherford B.Hayes, after his retirement from the presidential chair, loved to find recreation in rowing his boat on the lake, and in making the ascent of Sky Top.

President Arthur came there during his term of office; and the widow of General Grant, after spending a fortnight there, pronounced it the most fascinating spot she had ever seen on this continent Among all the guests who made their summer home there, none contributed more to the intellectual enrichment of the company than my revered Christian friend, Dr.Philip Schaff.