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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



VIEWS IN THE EASTERN PART OF NYMPHALIA. 



than two years, and have just begun 

 to learn how much there is on it yet 

 unobserved and unknown. Every visit 

 to the place reveals an abundance of 

 new material that I intend to use as a 

 subject for a free, illustrated lecture 

 to be delivered weekly in the new Ar- 

 cadia Assembly Hall. While this gift 

 was made by the railroad company in 

 the interests of the AA's philanthropic 

 work and will therefore undoubtedly 

 bring the company abundant gratitude 

 for the gift, it will also bring the com- 

 pany cash returns from increased 

 travel. The present Arcadia had so 

 many visitors that the management 

 was obliged to limit the time for the 

 receiving of parties, many of school 

 children, from Greenwich, Stamford 

 and elsewhere, to two afternoons a 

 week. 



The name, Nymphalia, has been se- 

 lected for two reasons. The Grecian 

 Arcadia was the home of the water 

 nymphs and the wood nymphs, and it 

 is fitting that this modern Sound Beach 



