HOMES NEAR TO NATURE 



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"FROM A HILLSIDE NOOK." 



seem to be pleased by the change. Just 

 at the back of the house, the brook 

 laughs and plays and gurgles in wide 

 shallows above the cobbles. It flows 

 serenely in its later progress through 

 the pool where the reflection mirrors 



the sky in a concave miles deep. A 

 shaded pool open to the sky is a magic 

 mirror, in which is visible, not the 

 past only, but the future, a mirror in 

 which old Mother Nature will teach 

 you in her quiet way little secrets, si- 

 lent, precious, beautiful. 



*A SHADED POOL OPEN TO THE SKY IS A MAGIC MIRROR." 



