THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFUL 



The White Mountains are visited every 

 summer by hordes of idle pleasure-seekers, 

 some with new clothes to show, and some 

 with budding daughters; but there are many 

 many more who return to the White Moun- 

 tains in summer for a real recreation of 

 body and of spirit, for the renewal of senses 

 worn threadbare and the uplift of souls 

 depressed with the sins of city life. Such 

 people find a heart's refuge in the hills, as 

 did the poet who remembered them in a 

 beautiful figure, saying 



As the mountains are roundabout Jerusalem, 

 So the Lord is roundabout them that fear Him. 



The mountains appeal also to the lust 

 of adventure. Every year a toll of lives is 

 taken by Mt. Blanc and the Matterhorn. 

 The hardiest American explorers are now 

 attacking Mt. McKinley. The noble peaks 

 of the Himalayas are yet unspoken. Even 

 the small mountains excite some appetite 

 for conquest in the mildest breasts. Re- 

 member how Thoreau set out for Wachu- 

 sett. Here in our own neighborhood is 

 the Appalachian Club (and many smaller 

 mountain clubs), composed of lawyers, 

 teachers and parsons bound together as by 



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