. The Berkshire and Litchfield Hills . ST. ANDREWS CHURCH, KENT, BUILT IN 1826 There are several private golf links in the vicinityof Lenox. The Lenox Golf Club maintains a smallcourse, but its privileges are not granted to visitors. Intrinsically, and aside from its connection withwealth and culture, and the associations referred toherein, the glory of Lenox lies in the grandeur ofits natural situation, the wonderful picturesquenessof its scenery, and the singular beauty of its land-scapes, whether viewed in detail or ensemble. iUN 11 1912. GREYLOCK MOUNTAIN The carriage drive from this stati


. The Berkshire and Litchfield Hills . ST. ANDREWS CHURCH, KENT, BUILT IN 1826 There are several private golf links in the vicinityof Lenox. The Lenox Golf Club maintains a smallcourse, but its privileges are not granted to visitors. Intrinsically, and aside from its connection withwealth and culture, and the associations referred toherein, the glory of Lenox lies in the grandeur ofits natural situation, the wonderful picturesquenessof its scenery, and the singular beauty of its land-scapes, whether viewed in detail or ensemble. iUN 11 1912. GREYLOCK MOUNTAIN The carriage drive from this station to the sum-mit of this hill is over a macadam road, gently risingall the way, beautiful as a revelation of rural scenes,but affording not even the slightest hint of the grandvisions of loveliness v^hich await the arrival of thevisitor upon the crown of the hills. The surroundings of woods and flowery thickets,unrelieved by a dwelling of any kind, continue fromend to end of this road, until the carriage emergesabruptly upon the edge of an elevated plain, and thevisitor finds himself at once among the evidences ofsomething more than a thriving, progressive NewEngland communitj^ There is now a quality in alltbat he sees about him that shows the presence ofwealth, culture, and refinement in the resident popu-lation. This section of the Berkshire Hills, unlike mostresort sections, has a seven months season. Thesemonths are divided into three periods of social enter-taining and out-of-door enjoyment. The first periodis the spring season


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