New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
ADIRONDACK CHARMS.
The Place the Region Has Made for
Itself IN Literature.

The considerable part Of the great Empire
State iHcfufed I'm tho region dis-i1ctIvely known
as the Adjroudacks is perhaps the greatest
health and pleasure resort region in the world
Since the davs when it was explored by pioneer
lUmbermen ana tIappers until now. when II
has i'm The main been mapped and plotted by The
United States Geological Survey. the region has
been one Of perennial attraction to all who have
had The opportunity 20 become charmed by its
wild1ess and beauty
The exquisite combination o. mountain peaks
ana deep valleys sparkling lakes and FAR stretch
ing forests. the millions of acres Of green leaves
and rhe many square miles OF deep blue sky.
fecked here and there maybe hy feeCy clouds
the fresh and health giving hreazss. laden with
the spicy odors OF spruce and balsau boushs
the sparkling springs and I1pid lakes, swift
streams ard dashi1g vat terfa1Is make this region
an unexcsIed pleasure ground II has - many
features which serve - delight and tnfatuat -
those who once SEQ il that they immediately
spread abroad its advantages as hes'thfuL
delightful region. and lead others TO share what
they have enjoyed
From the time that the Adirondack region
first became known 70 the outside world by re-
ports OF its natural beauties and the delights 20
be secured ny stay among them il has stead
ily grown in popularity.
II is now more than third of century since
the reading public was aroused 70 the charac-
terisr.cs Of the region by the late William Henry
Harrison Murray. who wrote so much about IL
that his literary soubriquet came 70 he "Adjron-
dack" Murray. L is a far cry from the "Adiron-
dack" Murray OF the GEs 20 the latest addi-
tiou TO the best sellers i'm the literary field
aut i'm his newest novel "silas Strong" Irv-
ing Bacheler has gone % the same field for
inspiration in the realm OF fiction that MI Mur-
md his
other Adirondack stories which appeared in The
Atlantic Monthly" and aftervarl i'm book form.
u was vhea the Rev Nr Murray had not
been long ou, of Yale. ard was pastor or the
Corner Congregational Church in Nerifen conn.
that in company with some of his parishioners,
he made his first trip 70 the great North Woods
The region inspired the pen of the young and
enthusiastic clergyman. and he W~ote a series
OF letters to q Meriten newspaper about il.
Later. when he was pastor Of a famous Boston
Church where he founded The Golden Rule"
newspaper. James r. Osgood induced him 70 pre-
pare his Adirondack papers for publication.
Some of his statements were so Contradicted and
discredited that i'm self-defence he had 10 Write
more and 70 lecture ON the theme until he in
duced enough persons to go TO the region 10
corroborate his asseVeratious of fact, which were
all found to be borne out by what they found
In 1850 another lover OF nature, Philander
Deming of Albany. "a lawyer and author, pub
Hshed his Adirondack Stories" Another popu-
lar writer who has found the region an insptra-
tion for her gifted pen is Gertrude Atherton the
novelist who writes OF IL with sympathy and
feeling in Senator North" and The Aristo-
Gratis" In the latter are some of the most beau
tifuI descriptions of the scenery in the Adiron-
dack Mountains that have ever been written. In
her book one gets glimpse of the ideal camp
life in that region.
SiIas Strong, emperor of the woods and hero
of Irving Bachelors new book, says Of the
Adirondack Mountains:
I've seen men come in here nigh dead an go
back w-well. They's m-med-Cine here Z cure
all the sickness in a hundred cities; theys f-fur
'noueh here I cover their naked; they's food
'nough L feed their hungry and they's w-wood
'nough Z keep 'em W-warn'
In regard to the denuding of the Adirondack
forests. Sflas Strong utters great truth when
he says:
'Y-you amt no right I git together down
there in Albany an make laws ag'in the Will
God Ye r-rob the world when We take the tree
tops out o. the sky. Ye might as we'll take the
clouds out Of it
Silas Strong the Adirondack guide. was poet,