New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-16
SUMNER NOTES OF A HOWADJl.

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Nv DEAR EDiroR: Nahant is a shower
Of little brown cottages fallen upon the rocky
sromontory that terminates Lynn beach Ii has
/, hotel upon It's finest, furthest point. which was
a fashionable resort score OF years since. But
the .beaux and bellies OF those times now the
parents Of other beaux and bellies, have long
SINCE retreated into the pretty cottages, whence
they can contemplate the hotel, which has the
air Of quaint, broad-plazzed, seaside hostelry,
with the naked ug,ness OF cotton factory, ad-
Sed 70 IT, and fancy It the monument OF merry,
ku, dead old DAYS The hotel is no longer fash
,onable Nahant is 10 more a thrOnged resort
Its own career has not been unlike that OF the
bellies who frequented It, for although the hurry
and glare and excitement OF a merely fashionable
watering place is past, there has succeeded
quiet. genial employment and satisfaction. which
Is far pleasanter. Some sunny morning when
your memory Is busy with Wlllls's sparkling
stories of Nahan, lite quarter OF century ago,
and with all the pleasant verbal tales you may
have collected In your wanderngs, then step
over 10 the hotel with some friend, whose matu-
r,ty NAV well seem to YOU the flower OF all that
the Poet celebrated IN the bud, and she Will re-
animate the spacious and silent piazza with the
ferns that have made IT famous. And ever as
you stroll and listen, your eyes will wander
across the irregular little group OF cottages and
prohibit your fancying that the romance is over.
This is kind of sentiment Inseparable from
spots like this. They concentrate, during
Lnef time, 20 many and such various persons,
and unite them so closely in the constant wor.
ship and pursuit OF common pleasure, that the
personal association with the spot becomes pro-
found and, when the space Is very limited, as
at Nahant, even painful. Ii is not surprising,
therefore, that many who loved and frequented
Nahsnt years ago now rocoll from 1t, and only
vlsl, It with the same fascinated reluctance with
which they regard the faded lovetokens years
70 removed that they seem TO have detached
themselves from their hives. THIS will explain
t. you much oi the surprise with which Bos-
tsnians listen to your praises OF Nahant Is
ANYTHING lett say their smiles and looks II Is
ssup we drained so long ago
Yet no city has an oceangallery, so near.
20 convenient and rapid OF access, so CON-
plete and satisfactory IN characteristics OF the
sea, as Boston IN Nahani You step upon the
steamer IN the city and IN less than an hour YOU
Laud at Nahant and breathe the un,aintcd air from
tAe "boIesl pole and gaze upon sublime sea
sweep whose vision rsireshes the mind as the ar
the lungs You find no village. no dust. no COM
notion You encounter no crowds OF carriages
Or Of curious and gossipng people No fast men
IN velvet coats are uo,,ine fast horses You
y. Il. Sf
,saabls watering place but sunny silence
Ireods over the realm of little brown cottages.
They stand apart at easy distances, esca with It's
rustic piazza with vines climbing and blooming
about the pillars with windows and doors look
N, upon the sea In the midst Of the clusters.
where roads meet, stands = small temple. Il IS
.church of graceful proportions, but is uHhappl-
ly clogged with wings. Ii Is a most eclectic
church. for all services are held there IN rotation,
from the picturesque worship of the Roman
Catholic faith to the seVerest form OF Protestant
ism The green land slopes away behind the
tenrle to a row of willows m path across the
field, wh,nos YOU cannot see the ocean, and II Is
50 warm and sheltered like an inland dell. tina,
IN, sound OF the sea comes 70 II, only a. pleas
ant fancy, This pretty path ends mn the thick
est part OF the settlement But even here It has
NO village an 1t Is stin, and there are no shops,
and the finest trees upon the promontory are
here You loln the road that gradually climbs
the h,ll and then descending, II leads you across
ht,le Nahant to Lynn beach
The area Of \ahSnt Is very small. From a.
mos, any cottage perch you survey The whole
scene But II has these TWO great advantages
for a Summer >oourn, an an OF entire 'epo>s
tor there seems 80 be no opportunity or con'enl
ence for any other than hte OF leisure, and The
perpctual prcScnce O. the sea ~ \ahant YOU
canno, fancy poverty o. LABOR. ThcUapf
a. ended from the landscape Taking the tone
o. your rcyoyic FROM the peaceful h'tlc temple
and slaneing over the SIMPLE houses. with The
happy eareleSSne>> Of ogier Ia theIr distribution,
and the entire absence ol SMOKE. duS; oT din, you
must needs dream that Pcricie> and AspaSla
have withdrawn from the Capital with choice
cour, Of friends and lovers 10 pass month Of
GTeclan gacty upon the sea. The long LAY
swnns by nor diSturb> thar dream Ii haply
upen the cliffs al sunset, strayins by " the loud
sounding sea. YOU catch ghmpses OF figure.
whose lefty loyehness should have inspired 4
.wecter and s,aieller strain IN that old verse. You
feel only that YOU have seen Aspasia, ana Aspa-
s,a as DE imagination bchodS her, and are not
,,r,rised or head wreathed WITH folds OF black
splendor varies that pure Greek rhythm WIKI a
Spanish slrsin,-cT cordial saxon smiles and