HOMES NEAR TO NATURE 



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-VALERIA'S REST" OX THE -HALF ISLAND.' 



from the steps of the house, the horse- 

 shoe and the garden are shown in mid- 

 winter. 



The "half island," as the picturesque, 

 stony extension to the southwest is 

 sometimes called, is a most effective 

 chart of what the schools and diction- 

 aries tell us in the statement that "a 

 peninsula is almost an island." 



The guidepost, bearing the mono- 

 gram VR, by the path leading to the 

 summit of the ledge, excites one's cu- 



riosity as to its significance, and brings 

 up the suggestion of Victoria Regina. 

 However, it is not designed to give an 

 English effect but merely to tell the 

 visitor that the picturesque ledge and 

 cottage are named in honor of Mrs. 

 Langeloth — "Valeria's Rest." 



The rustic cottage is particularly 

 happy in design and in adaptibility to 

 the surroundings, occupying, as it does, 

 the highest point of a huge ledge, giv- 

 ing view south, east and west. 



THE ROAD UNDER SHADY TREES. 



