New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-07
MEN OF GRANITE STATE.
Mann Noted Ones Haze Summer
Homes There.

Concord. y. H. Feb. s.-Given two persons in
terested in literature and art. taking a FIVE mile
drive IN a certain part OF New-Hampshire last
summer and discussing their favOrite topics. the
following conversation would have been possible:
who is our greatest American sculptorT'
"st. Gaudens. think Wky?'
because that is his studio there The
splendid Sherman statue finished there not
Ions ago. And II your answer had been Kenyon
Cox or Herbert Adams could have illustrated my
reason IN the same way within few minutes.
Then with Daniel c. French a native. New
Hampshire is near the head in modern American
sculpture as. indeed. the Granite State should be
This highland country delights the artists. Be
fore our drive Is finished I will show you the
homes. for the greater part Of the year. OF Max
field Parrish whose superb color work Is the art
feature OF the magazine year: his father. Stephen
Parrish. the etcher. Mrs. Lucia Faircht.d Fuller.
the minIaturist. c. A Plat. the architect; T. ".
Dewing. Frederic Remington. far removed from his
Western prairies; Florence ScCysl Shnn, and more,
y you like"
That's enough for one afternoon. thank you.
The country is OF the same character. Is Il not,
over at Dublin. where Abbott Thayer and George
De Forest Brush have their studiOs?''
Yes. and at Peterborough. with Charles 7.
Pierce. and. TO q less degree. at Ross Turner'S
Wilton wh,rs he and Admiral Walker OF tsthmian
fame twin stars in the summer armament The
White Hills have their artists. greater IN number.
though rot in distinction headed by the venerable
Champney. at North Conway. where. alas. he VIII
10 longer tend his vines and fowers. The States
brief strip Of seacoast Is a favorite haunt for
marine painters: and IT was from Newcastle that
Frank w Benson sent TO Pittsburs the canvas that
nrst prize IN this seasons Carnegie exhibition
Speaking OF rewards OF merit. let me show you
the house that the book built. Turn or here
toward the Connecticut River. ard IN a couple OF
minutes we will see Harlakeuden House. in which
estate are embodied 70 a considerable extent the
royalties Of Richard CarveL'
But IT 4, not the historical novelist alone who
can afford country houses. Another OF our show
places here in Cornish Is High Court. away up
there In the clouds where Norman HaPsood. the
critic. lives Here Is the summer domice OF that
most humorous OF moralists. Mr.. DoOley.' A little
further shall see the pretty place where l.
E. shipman writes plays for James n Hackett."
ITO sum It all UP. then. you have here more
varied and remarkable talent OF an imported brand
than can be- found in any other township in
America"
II the travellers whose conversation We have
overheard could continue their carriage trip
throughout the State-it must needs be by carriage
for the rarest birds hide In the deepest WOODS
they would find many other evidences. almost as
remarkable those noted OF the presence OF dis
tinguished new home comers'' In New-Hampshire
from three 20 twelve months OF every year.
At Dublin they might come upon Colonel Thomas
Wentworth Higglnson the dean OF American let
ters sitting upon the steps a favorits picture
shows him. at GhmpsewOOd. his summer home. II
they were fortunate enough 10 engage him in con-
versat!on upon the subject OF New-Hampshire in
literature. what a wealth Of "reminiscences they
might enjoy of Whittier laureate OF nature In
New Hampshire: OF Celia Thaxtsr child Of the sea.
at the Isles Of Shoals; OF Thomas Bailey Aldrich
and James T. Fields. sons OF Portsmouth: OF Starr
King. and a sccre of others.
Not far away they could see the magnificent
Colonial mansion which is the summer home OF
Ethan A. Hitchcock. OF ST. Louis Secretary OF the
Interior OF the Cabinet OF President Roosevelt
This they could compare. by tourueying TO Lake
Sunapee. with The Fells the beautiful villa OF
John Hay. of Cleveland. Secretary OF State. Jour
neying another and greater lake. WinnipiseOges.
they would see from The Weirs. the emerald
CLEAN OF Governors Island and would have pointed
out to them tho mansion Of Stilson Hutchins, OF
Washington now distinguished by its choice as
the summer embassy Of the German Empire. the
holiday home Of Count SteTnburg and his lega-
ton. II they felt impeIled to seek further
Quaintanceship with statesmen IN neslge they
could fare far TO the north and discover. almost
on the Canadian line. the comfortable farmhouse
OF Senator John c. SpOoner. OF Wisconsin Other
Senators could not long elude their search and
Congressman would be plenty.
Retracins their steps and turning from the study
OF men the study of nature they would find at
Franconia the haunts Of William C. Prime. Brad
ford Torrey and Mrs. SIossOn. with John kendrick
Bangs a stimulant in the heart of the Notch.
Down at Campton admiration would be expressed
and crossing into the shadow Of ChocOrua the
whole region would be dedicated to the memory OF
Frank BOlles and Horace Z. Scudder. y rare treat
would be view OF the self-made home OF the
Gentle Reader" the Rev. S. N. CrOthers-
In this same neisEborhood dwells Professor
James, the psychologist. over at Jackson are Dr..
schouler. the historian Miss Wormeley. the trans
iator. and many others. Another historian Is Pro-
fessor Hart Dublin. and at Sunapee is Profess
Dunnins. OF Columbia.
In
Young and Eastman. at Hanover and Andover.
may be mentioned. There poets. on the other
hand. headed by Edmund Clarence Stedman: mu-
sicians. Theodore Thomas, b. J. Lang. Carl Fae-
ten: architects. Platt. Sturgis and a score more.
Many little church in the New-Hampshire back
country Is filled summer Sundays with the elo-
Quence of famous clergymen. In at least one
town natural pulpit is located the great
OF a Methodist divine. and there pleasant Sab
bath days people assemble from twenty miles
around to worship with him.
Bench and bar and the business world equally
well represented among our summer folk. There
are judges At to decide the greatest causes: law
yers TO argue them and millonaires pay the fees
In short. those who 10 New-Hampshire In