popular alike with excursionists who desire a day's outing and hundreds of cottagers and campers who pass the entire summer here. Revere Beach, the popular Boston bathing beach, is scarcely a residential resort; an ideal amusement beach, it is a perfect mecca for the tired tenement population and the city workers who desire to steal away for a few hours' rest. At Swampscott, commences the section which has been praised and heralded even in distant countries, and whose joys and pleasures hundreds of enthusiasts anticipate and dream about during the dreary months of winter. This territory, as far as Portland, Maine, is served by the Boston and Maine Railroad and farther along by the Maine Central. Swampscott fronts on a bay and the ocean outlook is perfect. The bathing is excellent and the hotel accommodations are superb, much different from 1830, when Aunt Betsey Blaney had the only boarding house and the price of meals and lodging for health seekers was $3.00 per week. From Swampscott, Phillips Beach, Beach Bluff, Devereux and Clifton,we pass to the far-famed shores of Marblehead, the quaint old town whose magnificent harbor and high cliffs facing the ocean have brought to its shores summer visitors from every imaginable point. Here the New York Yacht Club's entire fleet convene at least once a year and the summer enthusiasts of yachting have formed the Marblehead Yacht Club. Marblehead is a high promontory and the elevated portion jutting into the ocean is called Marblehead Neck. Marblehead Neck is the resort portion of the town, where the beautiful villas are located. These cottages besides six spacious hotels amply provide for the pleasure seeker.

Next beyond Marblehead, is the ancient city of Salem. Salem, too, possesses a section known as "The Neck" and at the extremity of the city is Salem Willows, where the summerites find enjoyment.

Beverly, with all the customary qualities of a North Shore resort, follows Salem and here one might say commences the "promised land," the paradise for the elite, where representatives of our nation's democracy and the royalty of foreign lands walk hand in hand and rest side by side during the summer months. Who has not heard of the glories of Cape Ann's resorts? Rockport, at the extreme end of the Cape, a little more than an hour's ride from Boston; Gloucester, West Gloucester, Magnolia, Manchester-by-theSea, West Manchester, Beverly Farms, Prides and Montserrat!

Pigeon Cove, reached from Rockport station, is an ideal vantage ground from which to survey and judge the merits of not only the Cape Ann possessions, but the entire coast. Pigeon Hill, an emi

nence of two hundred and fifty feet is the observation tower. Far away to the north, the gloomy cliffs of Cape Porpoise loom into view to the south, the entire shore to Plymouth is spread out, while at closer range in this vision of beauty, are the sea-washed sands of Plum Island, the shores of old Hampton and Rye and the bleached white banks of Salisbury. Although this chosen spot is characteristic of the Cape Ann resorts, it would be hardly fair to hurry by without some mention of each. Gloucester, the home of Kipling's "Captain Courageous," and James Connelly's "Toilers of the Sea," is a charming old city. Old Mother Ann, a cliff at Eastern Point, from which the Cape derives its name, bears a fancied resemblance to a woman's face. In the near neighborhood are Squam River, East Gloucester, Land's End and West Glouces

ter.

Magnolia lays claim to being the most aristocratic and exclusive of the Cape Ann resorts. Her clientele is largely composed of Washington statesmen, foreign ambassadors, etc. Pleasant drives and delightful outlooks are to be encountered everywhere; while the luxurious hostelries are well fitted, to care for the most fastidious of this seclusive section. Off the coast of Magnolia are the famous "reefs of Norman's Woe," immortalized by Longfellow in his beautiful poem "Wreck of the Hesperus."

Pretty and picturesque Manchester-bythe-Sea is ideally situated on a promontory where the breezes are bound to blow. Her famous singing beach, and many natural attractions have given her high rank in the North Shore program.

In recent years, not a few cottagers and campers have chosen the shores of Ipswich or followed the windings of the pleasant little river of the same name and discovered desirable locations where they have erected summer abodes.

But perhaps one of the most recreative in every sense of the word-of the hundreds of gems which geographers have styled islands and which dot the waters of New England's seaboard, is Plum Island. This island is connected with the mainland at Newburyport, so that in reality it is not an island at all, simply a peninsula. The atmosphere is particularly healthful, cool and invigorating, and is guaranteed to soothe the weary and send to slumber the nervous and careworn. Two hotels care for the guests, besides numerous cottages, and it is reached by ferry from Black Rock and electric cars from Newburyport. The electric car line circles the island.

But a short way on the mainland beyond Plum Island is Salisbury Beach, a true pleasure resort of the popular variety.

Salisbury has attributes common to this region; healthful atmosphere charged with ozone, the best surf bathing and an endless variety of summer amusement features. It is especially patronized by Lawrence, Haverhill, Newburyport and Lynn people, a great many of whom have costly summer cottages, and it has also six or eight large hotels accommodating from seventy-five to one hundred people, where the best of board can be secured at prices ranging from $7.00 to $15.00 per week. Salisbury is the last of Massachusetts' shore resorts and now commence New Hampshire's few miles of coast line. The old Granite State has been blessed with every variety of vacation ground and while her share of the ocean's shore is not as great as her sister states, still, the quality and fascinating adornments of her brief but favored stretch compares favorably with any on the North Atlantic seaboard. Hampton and Rye Beaches are New Hampshire's shore lands. Hampton is fifty miles from Boston, reached by trolley cars from Exeter, Portsmouth and Hampton station-indeed, so great has been the growth of these watering places, that the trolley has become quite a factor in aiding the throngs to visit their chosen spot-and now one can trolley with but a small break below Kennebunk, Maine, the entire distance along the shore from Portland to Boston. Great Boar's Head is a bluff which rises to a height of seventy feet, commanding an excellent view of the entire beach and an ocean survey which brings into sight the Isles of Shoals. A delightful view at the southern extremity is near the Hampton River bridge, where the Hampton River flows through the green marshes. In the bed of the river are secreted the Hampton River clams, dainties known to every visitor in this territory. Hampton has all the features of a popular amusement resort besides being the summer home of people from New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. Little Boar's Head, in the town of North Hampton, lies between Hampton and Rye Beaches, and is the site of many costly cottages and is visited regularly by their well known owners.

Of New Hampshire's two beaches, Rye is perhaps the most fashionable. She shares with Hampton a wealth of rugged scenery, refreshing atmosphere and delightful bathing facilities.

Portsmouth is one of New Hampshire's busy marts, but Portsmouth has her Newcastle and if we need any reminder of her prestige as a summer city, we should only recall last summer when the Japanese and Russian envoys assembled in session at the "Wentworth" to make the now famous "Treaty of Portsmouth." It is truly a beautiful haven and the "Wentworth" is a

delectable shelter during the hot spell.

Ten miles east of Portsmouth in the Atlantic rise a group of islands, which are known as the Isles of Shoals. This group comprises ten separate islands called Appledore, Smutty Nose, Malaga, Duck, Cedar, Starr, White, Londoner and Seavey's, the first five coming within the bounds of Maine and the latter five paying homage or taxes to New Hampshire.

Appledore and Starr are two of the largest of the group. A fine up-to-date hotel is located on each. The islands are easily reached by steamer from Portsmouth. On week days three trips a day are made and the sea voyage, which occupies about an hour, is an invigorating trip. These islands were settled in 1623 and have a store of romantic and tragic events connected with their history. It was in 1873 that the first summer boarding house was advertised on the islands and now during the season both hotels accommodate every week more than a thousand guests. The view from any of the islands is magnificent, taking in far down the isledotted coast of Maine and the entire North Shore to the tip of Cape Anne. The deep sea fishing is excellent, particularly cod, and experienced fishermen may be hired to guide or conduct the fishing parties.

The Piscataqua River is the boundary line which separates New Hampshire's shore from Maine. Kittery Beach is the first resort of importance. It is a charming old town founded in 1623, in fact the oldest settlement in the state. It is located on the line of the York Harbor and Beach Railroad, which is practically an arm of the Boston and Maine Railroad. Next is York Beach, served by the same system. Since 1887, when the railroad was first opened, the growth of this section has been remarkable. York to-day has a score of summer hotels, ranging in price from $7.00 to $20.00 per week, and all are first class modern houses. These hotels easily accommodate during the summer season six thousand visitors. York has a choice position on the coast and the scenery and bathing facilities are emblematic of the North Atlantic coast. Beyond York, extending for three miles along the coast, is the famous Ogunquit. The Ogunquit River, a small stream, flows between the rocky shore and the beach. Ogunquit has a summer population which returns every year and her fame is increasing. Next in order is Wells, with eleven miles of seacoast to her credit. The beach is hard and marble-like and the bathing and sea view all that can be desired.

Adjoining Wells Beach are Kennebunkport and Kennebunk Beach, two of the cosiest spots on the coast. Kennebunkport lies at the mouth of the Kennebunk