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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



A SCENE IN THE) PROPOSED VICTORY PARK, ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS: NEW YORK 



Only two of the national parks antedate our Centennial and only three others are thirty 

 years old. The national park is the democratic equivalent for the vast estates of the nobility 

 of Europe; yet no noble has such playgrounds. The first parks were centered around more 

 or less inaccessible natural wonders, but a movement is on foot to provide the thickly popu- 

 lated parts of America with playgrounds which, while lacking some of the phenomenal fea- 

 tures of Yellowstone or Yosemite, still will meet with the universal demand for lovely scenes 

 and places of wholesome outdoor recreation. 



