HOMES NEAR TO NATURE. 



ject for our "Homes Near to Nature," 

 because Mr. Tilley is known in all parts 

 of the world as a naturalist, and locally 

 as an honored citizen of this part of 

 Connecticut's shore. 



It is true, let us admit, in the natur- 

 alist point of view, that he does not 

 hold a yardstick against a row oi books 





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of which he is the author, nor has he 

 delivered a vast amount of oratory on 

 many platforms. His claim to the 

 term, naturalist, is not in words, 

 words, words, but in doing things that 

 are worth the doing. Some one has 

 truly said that the best naturalists never 

 write or recite, but delight. 



When 1 walked into Mr. Tilley's of- 

 fice, carrying camera, tripod and note- 

 book, and remarked, "I've come to 



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