Delkeskamp's Switzerland (1830) or his Panorama of the Rhine.
The summit is flat and quite bare of vegetation, but the panorama in every direction is extremely grand.
In the rains, when the sky is clear, the magnificent panorama of hills encircling the lake on the west and north-west is revealed.
The Panorama had a large circulation and influence, and Herculano's biographical sketches of great men and his articles of literary and historical criticism did much to educate the middle class by acquainting them with the story of their nation, and with the progress of knowledge and the state of letters in foreign countries.
Viewed from a distance the mountains appear as dark perpendicular barriers, quite impenetrable; but narrow paths lead round the precipitous face of the hills, and when the inner side is gained a wonderful panorama opens out.