. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . d Starr King isnever tired of extolling it, and makes it a text for an eloquent sermonupon the reality of the charm we find in landscape, and the duty oftraining ones eye and opening his heart to appreciate natures beautyin such a treasure-house of it as this lake really is. If half a dozenpictures, he exclaims, could be seen in an Art Gallery of New Yorkor Boston, with perspective as accurate, with tints as tender, withhues as vivid and modest, with re
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . d Starr King isnever tired of extolling it, and makes it a text for an eloquent sermonupon the reality of the charm we find in landscape, and the duty oftraining ones eye and opening his heart to appreciate natures beautyin such a treasure-house of it as this lake really is. If half a dozenpictures, he exclaims, could be seen in an Art Gallery of New Yorkor Boston, with perspective as accurate, with tints as tender, withhues as vivid and modest, with reflections as cunningly caught, withmountain slopes as delicately pencilled, as the lake exhibits in reality,fifty times in the summer weeks, what pride there would be in theartistic ability, and what interest and joy there would be in seeingsuch master-pieces from mortal hands ! The Crystal hills, as the early men happily called them, werecut ofl somewhat as we approached Centre Harbor; but pleasure enoughremained. Read %vhat numberless enconiums have been bestowed bymen of taste upon this bit of inland water. Dr. Timothy Dwight ex- 2,?. f)# 5 > kiritiiiB 24 pressed just surprise, that in his day, Lake George was annuallj^ visitedby people from the coast of New England while Winnipesaukee, not-^^ithstandiug all its accumulation of splendor and elegance, is almostas much unknown to the inhabitants of this country, as if it lay onthe eastern side of the Caspian. The excuse for that, in 1813, lay in its comparative inaccessibility,but this has been corrected, and the most exquisite jewel in thelake-necklace of New England, as Oakes stj^les it, is now not onlywithin easy reach, but maintains abundant means for comfort andamusement on its shores. It was with deep satisfaction that we landed at Centre Harbor, thevillage at the northern extremity of the lake, and walked up to one ofthe hotels, where we lost no time in removing the dust of travel andmaking ready to enjoy ourselves.
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