12 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
through Wenham and 
Topsfield we marvel at 
the wonder of it all and 
yet realize that there is 
but one North Shore, ever 
attractive and _ inviting. 
And to thing of it! our 
office but an hour away, 
the sea at our door, the 
forests adjoining, through 
quiet lanes, posted so there 
is no danger from the 
motor car, together with 
the innumerable rest and 
recreation places, ones 
friends always nearby, the 
whole appealing in artistic 
manner, for they reason 
that one ‘finds a fellow- 
ship in every §scememsso 
charmingly adapted,” and 
as Ruskin has so aptly 
written, “The thoughts 
and conceptions revealing 
fineness -Of = @Oriieemand 
color,’ and all are beauti- 
ful and charming, and 
quiet? Yes, and repose. 
‘‘Manchester-by-the -Sea’”’ 
By JOSEPH A. TORREY 
A dandy town, the dandiest in the land, 
By bounteous Nature nobly placed and planned, 
By sea and forest framed on either hand, 
Loved and caressed when Summer winds are bland, 
By tempered ocean breezes gently fanned, 
Sublime and grand when storms sweep o’er the land, 
Serene when tiny wavelets kiss the strand. 
Here came of yore the venturous Puritan band 
Fleeing from tyranny in the mother-land, 
By Church and State, by friends and kindred banned, 
To plant their feet in Freedom’s promised land, 
And found her echo in our singing sand. 
Where erst the pioneers possessed the land 
(Honestly purchased of the Red-skin band), 
Nor yet grew rich by labor of the hand, 
By fur, farm, fishing, finest furniture and 
Brave ocean voyaging to a foreign land, 
(The sturdy yeomen plowed the sea and land). 
Her beauty, undiscovered and unscanned, 
Waited the advent of revealing hand, 
The kiss of culture she could not withstand. 
A poet first her magic beauty scanned: 
Richard the First a sea-side mansion planned. 
On Dana Beach his name is writ in sand. 
Then sock and buskin gamboled on the strand, 
Gilbert and Booth and others of the band. 
Then came St. Bartol who the strollers banned, 
And with a wisdom few could understand, 
Bought sunny acres of the stony land— 
Sea-views and sheltered coves where boats may land, 
And coigns of vantage, promontory land. 
"Twas fairy gold he found in rocks and sand 
To rival wealth of Ind or Samarcand. 
He gave the waiting world to understand 
No more sea-shore has the Almighty planned, 
And what remains were better quickly canned 
Ere made by coarser uses contraband, 
Or by irreverent squatters caravaned. 
Better install with souls of finer brand 
Who live in love congenially clanned: 
With Forbes and Fields, Cobb, Sturgis and the band 
Of choicest spirits that here took their stand. 
Green grew the desert, brighter gleamed the sand, 
Rocks hid their heads with rose or ivy spanned, 
Cottage and mansion rose on every hand, 
Beauty enthroned assumed supreme command. 
Wealth, pride and fashion of selectest brand 
Foregathered here from varied tribe and land. 
Here sport and speed and spending, hand in hand, 
Gleam, glide and glory as wealth can command, 
Without restraint as pleasure may demand. 
A dandy town, the dandiest in the land, 
To pleasure dedicate, a deodand; 
Her name is writ in water and in sand, 
In sunny skies, blue sea and pleasant land, 
In pines and vines in valley and headland. 
Her fame shall live while earth’s foundations stand, 
While murmur gentle waves along her strand 
To meet the music of her singing sand, 
While tides shall flow at Love’s supreme command, 
While hearts are warm and Pleasure makes demand. 
NORTON’S POINT, MA NCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA. 
Building on extreme left is the summer home of W. A. Tucker. 
At the right is ‘‘River House,’’ the summer 
At the extreme right is the David 
C. Dumba, occupies the next. 
home of the EH, C, Fitches, 
The Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, 
Fenton Co, boat yard and Manchester Village 
