HOMES NEAR TO NATURE. 



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MR. TILLEY (IX FOREGROUND) GIVING PERSONAL ATTENTION TO GARDEN WORK. 



ethics of good journalism by exploiting 

 a business in our text pages. So we are 

 "exploiting" and so would we exploit 

 the business of a Thoreau, a Burroughs 

 or a Gibson. Whosoever finds out 

 things about nature and makes the 

 things and facts ascertained more avail- 

 able to others comes legitimately within 

 the highest sanction and aid of The 

 Guide to Nature. As I wandered 

 around the extensive grounds devoted 

 to this "business," I could but wish 



that every nature lover would cultivate 

 some phase of the work and study 

 there in progress. The commercial 

 phases have only increased the scope 

 and possibilities. It still is essentially 

 a study, with the addition of making 

 available to others the materials of that 

 study. It is none the less missionary 

 work because it contains a financial 

 element. It is largely because the en- 

 tire establishment is well financed that 

 it meets with universal approval. The 



MR. TILLEY (AT THE RIGHT) AND IDS SECRETARY, ATTENDING TO EXTENSIVE COR- 

 RESPONDENCE. 



