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of newspaper notice. This doctrine of 

 using the camera or the notebook on 

 the unusual does not invalidate our 

 theory and fundamental belief in the 

 beauty of the commonplace. Say what 

 we may it is always the unusual that 

 attracts our attention to the usual. 

 The brook that flows quietly through 

 the meadow never attracts our atten- 



THE UNION TREES. 

 Photograph by Frank Grafton, Chester, West Virginia. 



tion so forcibly as the stream that 

 dashes over a precipice, because 

 meadow brooks are more numerous 

 than waterfalls. If waterfalls were as 

 common as brooks, and if a runnel in 

 a meadow were a rarity, we should 

 say by all means turn your camera to 



THE TWIN OAKS. 

 Photograph by Milo Leon Norton, Bristol, Connecticut. 



A CURIOUS TREE TOP. 



Photograph by J. H. Barnett, Hartland, New Bruns- 

 wick. 



