The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . r excursionists, and varietyfor the enterprising and energetic summersojourner. Upon a well chosen and marvellously at-tractive site of this island exists one of themost wonderful of community centres—Cot-tage City! This name is descriptive, as far asit goes, but it tells nothing, suggests nothing,of more than one of the distinguishing featuresof the place—and it has many more noble andsignificant than that thus revealed. Cottage City has upwards of twelve hundredcottages within its borders. Is there need forfurther seeking to discover w
The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . r excursionists, and varietyfor the enterprising and energetic summersojourner. Upon a well chosen and marvellously at-tractive site of this island exists one of themost wonderful of community centres—Cot-tage City! This name is descriptive, as far asit goes, but it tells nothing, suggests nothing,of more than one of the distinguishing featuresof the place—and it has many more noble andsignificant than that thus revealed. Cottage City has upwards of twelve hundredcottages within its borders. Is there need forfurther seeking to discover why the place hasits peculiar name ? These cottages are in everyvariety and form of design and construction,as they minister to the needs and wants ofevery grade of society membership. From thelordly palace-cottage, fitted for the occupancyof a millionaire Governor of the Common-wealth, and the ornate, many gabled clubhousesheltering the representatives of wealth andInxury from many centres, to the humble,tent-roofed cot of the camp-meeting Ocean Avenue.
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