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Editors Table

Editors Table
"New England Highways and By
ways From a Motor Car''-"Sunrise
Highways" by Thomas D. Murphy
author Of an Unfamiliar England"
"oregon-The Picturesque" etc.
A wonderful automobile tour COW
ering in a few weeks the most i'm
portant shrines and the most famous
scenery of New England is fully de-
scribed in this charming new book Of
the See America First" series. New
England folks will better appreciate
the scenic beauty which surrounds
them and people living outside of the
Eastern group of states will find just
the right sort of a guide by perusing
the 800 pages of this volume.
Mr.. Murphy starts his tour at Glen
Ridge, N j., directing his party to the
road passing Pompton and Tuxedo
and following the Ramapo River,
where the New Jersey mountains"
and lakes and woods may be seen in
their full beauty. West Point,
Poughkeepsie and Millbrook are
among the places visited before the
tourists find themselves in New Eng
| land. The splendid Berkshire estates
are then in view. The party makes
a brief stop at Lennox, Mass, famed
for it's associations of literary stars
Hawthorne, Holmes, Beecher and
others.
Passing through Williamstown, the
tourists enter Vermont where at
Lakes George and Champlain there
is,a wealth of delightful scenery. In
! the next chapter are full directions
he 81 ~ he
Plattsburg, to Boston passing through
Montpelier, VT, Littleton and Con-
cord. N. H.. Boston to Plymouth and
Cape Cod is a most interesting jour-
ney and the party then travels on to
Providence, in the little state of New
England. The places to be noted in
Concord, Lexington and Sudbury are
brought to the readers attention. The
old sea towns of Massachusetts, come
in for their share of attention and
the tour then heads through Ports
mouth, N. H., to Portland, Me-, TAX
ing in the natural charms of the
beaches along the way.
Whittier land" is the title of the
next chapter, this territory being the
narrow strip of land between New
buryrort and Haverhill, and the
guide-board then directs the party
to the mill towns, Worcester and
Greenfield The picturesque Connec-
ticut valley comes into view and the
automobile then is directed along the
south coast. Rhode Island and Con-
necticut. The visit to the Nutmeg
state proves a delight as the pilgrim
age nears its end.
New England Highways and By
ways" is not a guide-booll in the
usual meaning of the word. 1t is
more than that because it is an ac
curate description of an auto trip
actually taken through the territory
Written in narrative style, it pro-
vides most interesting reading matter
and at the same time tells others
who contemplate such a trip the
places that should not be missed and
directs them to good hotels along the
way.
1.-THE success of similar books in
which ] have covered Great Britain
and our own Western coast lands"
says the author in the preface. leads
me to believe that there is a still
greater field in New England. I'M
doubtedly the most popular motor
touring section in the world and a
section where such travel is increas-
ing from year to year."
The volume contains just the in
regarding the sections through which
they are directed, the compilation of
this information requiring diligent
research on the part of the author.
1t is enhanced by "a splendid color
plates from original paintings by we'll
known artists. and rs halftones from
photographs taken or carefully
chosen on the authors tour, pre-
senting-as the writer states it
some unusual bits of New England
as well as the better known scenes
common to books of this character"
The book contains a map showing
the route especially drawn for the
volume, which will be found of es-
pecial value in supplementing the
commercial touring maps.
Publishers, L. c. Page & Com
pany, Boston, Mass.
"The Purple Mist" by G. z. Locke,
author Of "'fhe Scarlet Macaw," "The
Red Cavalier" etc.
This fascinating mystery story
deals with a battling murder in an
ancient haunted castle and with the
opium traffic which Is carried on by
DR.. Blakesley at "Blakesley Hail."
which masquerades under the guise
of a nursing home" The entire
mystery is fathomed by the girl de-
tective, Mercedes Quero, who UNI
ravels the plot that resulted in the
killing of Major Audley. an opium
victim, while the. New Scotland Yard
fumbles the case.
The purple mist for which the
story is named, is a supposedly su-
pernatural phenomenon, but Ia caused
by cleverly burning prepared lights
over a moorland to scare away any
curious or venturesome folk" when
any opium clients were to be trans
ported to '.Blakesley Han" by mems
of "the phantom coach" Into the
story is also woven the exploits of
nearby band of Gypsies
Melodrama with all of its thrills is
found in the volume and the reader
is taken into the world Of intrigue