The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-22
YANKEE LAND.
DOWN EAST IN THE LAND OF
BLUE LAWS.
Latest Issues of Giimpses-Numbers 23
and "a Have Arrivsd-A Wonders
full Showing of Fine soeneryy
On tho Hudson.

The New England farmer is q man
worthy of consideration, and he seems
to have strongly impressed his person.
ality upon the Imagination of Mr.. J. W.
Buel, the author, who describes him
and his surroundings in the following
terms in his latest work, Glimpses of
America:
Agriculture in the eastern states OK.
hibits striking contrast with that in
the west, and in Vermont and New
Hampshire the dissimilarity Of method
and the size OF farm is especially great.
The soil down east, in the sections
named, has to be reclaimed, not from
the forests so much as from the rocks,
for it is essentially a rocky country.
The fences are usually made of stumpn
and stones. material which is plenti-
fully at hand, 80 that the bar b-wire
trust has no grip upon New England
agriculturiats. The farms, too, are what
westerners would call email acre
patches but they are go industriously
and intelligeptlv titled that every foot
of ground 10 made to yield its full capa-
Sisz r.~Ss.i, ySS ilvpPIunpic--puor, may
be, yet refned-the down-east farmer
is hard worker, q lover of books,
! patient, contented, and withal, gen.
erous man, philosophio and industrious
enough to extract happiness out OF
harsh natural conditions"
We are distributing parts 90 and "a
this week and before Saturday expect
to have 25 OF "Glimpses," containing 81
photographs end descriptions OF scenery
in Vermont and portions OF Canada,
n hro rf N alah
at MontreaD, scenery of the famous
Green mountains OF New Hampshire,
the White mountains, views about New.
port, Rhode Island, scenes in Masss-
Chusatts, etc. These three numbers are
especially interesting and valuable.
Here is q grand description of the view
from the top of the White mountains:
But If there be grandeur in the
chaotic landscape which spreads out be-
fore the startled vision of the spectator
on the mountain breast, what muet be
the sensation inspired by the tremend.
GUS view that is afforded from the sum-
NIT? 1t is the feeling of complete ssp-
aration from the earth, of suspension in
the sky and looking down upon the
world below. The exhilaration that
comes from conqusring q mighty thing
the solemnity of face to face with in
fnity. But gradually an orderly array
of Msgni6cence and comprehensive
grandeur appears, as peak upon peak
is resolved into defnable charms,
clusters, or detached masses. Hills
draw apart, valleys open, streams and
cascades sparkle in their tortuous beds,
while the skirts OF the mountains are
dotted with rich oolors and meadow
lands become fringe of emerald epcom.
passing their irregular bases. Almost
Independent of the will, the eye wanders
from summit to summit, making a slow
circuit of the crenated horizon, until it
ia arrested by vast spread of cleaning
white that may at first sight be mis-
taken for luminous cloud in the south.
east. More careful observation reveals
that it is the ocean. 100 miles away, and
by the help of telescope vessels may
be distinguished, and even the number
of sails which each craft carries"
We will supply back numbers of
Glimpsea up to number 90 to regular
subscribers without coupons. This
splendid series is now almost complete.
ana we do not see how any American
family can afford to be without it, es.
pecially when it can be had for the more
cost of publication and distribution.