the region known as Katahdin Iron Works, are medicinal springs, the waters of which are impregnated with iron, and which have helped many an invalid whose faith is pledged in the curative powers of this section. Maine has a wilderness untold, where campers, fishermen, and hunters live and learn during the recreation days. The entire Washington County inland region, served by this railroad is a forest primeval, containing myriads of silver lakes, linked with rushing streams and rivers, navigable for canoes and reached by train in less than fifteen hours from Boston. On the border land between Maine and New Hampshire is a chain of lakes called the Androscoggin or Rangely Lakes. They are situated at an elevation of 1500 feet, and because of their altitude are noted health resorts. The Rangely region from spring until late summer welcomes her boarders. The lakes are all connected by narrows or streams forming fifty miles of continuous water courses. Land-locked salmon and square tail trout scaling to eight and ten pounds, the largest in the world are found here in numbers. Dixville Notch, one of the wildest and most wonderful mountain passes in New England is in the western part of this region. The points of penetration for this section are from Farmington on the Maine Central Railroad, thence via the Sandy River Railroad, the only rail line to Rangeley furnishing exclusively night sleeping car service from Boston by which the tourist can leave Boston at 10.00 p. m. and be at the Rangeley Lake House for breakfast, or from Oquossoe on the Portland & Rumford Falls line. Swiftly gliding steamers furnish transportation over the lakes. New Hampshire's inland country is well known and chief among her resorts is the queenly Lake Winnipesaukee. Winnipesau kee lies at the foot hills of the White Mountains and is a favorite resort for vacationists. The lake is twenty-five miles long and from one to seven miles wide, and situated at an elevation of 472 feet. The water is remarkably clear and very deep-in some places it is possible to see to a depth of 150 feet. The surface is covered with over four hundred islands, upon which are some delightful cottages and camps. Bear Island is the largest and is a popular ground for campers and cottagers. The deep indentations along the shore form magnificent coves and harbors, which are famed far and wide as vacation centres. Alton Bay is at the southern extremity of the lake and has a large summer population. It has two hotels, which accomodate one hundred people each, at a rate from $2 to $3.50 per day, or $8 to $16 per week, and two excellent boarding ses at $1 per day. North of Alton Bay bordering the lake on the line of the Boston & Maine is Weirs, one of the choicest havens among New Hampshire's recreation haunts. As for scenic attributes, the receding hills which rise up by the shores of the lake, covered with dense grown woodland are a rare sample of New England scenery. More than a dozen fine hotels are located at Weirs, the Lakeside House. which accommodates two hundred, and the New Weirs being the largest. Center Harbor is at the northern end of the lake and possesses all the superlative qualities of this time honored region. It is very popular with Boston people and contains about fifteen hotels and boarding houses. At the extremity of the northern site of the lake lies Wolfeboro, a picturesque village, whose suitable situation was long ago recognized by the vacation advocate. Over fifteen hotels provide accommodation from the time the season opens at "Hobbs Is Inn" until late in the fall. All these ports are connected by the steamer Mt. Washington, the large and palatial vessel which, guided by Captain Wentworth, sails over the lake, occupying about five hours on the trip, and which covers a course of sixty miles. The outlet of this lake is the Merrimac River. This beautiful stream flows through a region of picturesque surprises, called the Merrimac Valley. From Lowell, Massachusetts to Lake Winnipesaukee, bordering the river are pleasant farm lands, rolling hills and rich meadows, where hordes of vacationists have selected summer homes. Among these are Lakeport and Laconia on Great Bay, an arm of Lake Winnipesaukee, Northfield, East Concord, Concord, the capital of New Hampshire, Centre Barnstead, Allenstown, Suncook and Hookset, Amoskeag and Manchester. Manchester, although a busy manufacturing city, has attractive portions which boast of all the decorations of country life, and among its many environments is Lake Massabesic, four miles distant, reached by train and trolley. Massabesic has many camps and cottages and is a favorite resort for nearby towns and cities. A few miles west of Winnipesaukee in the county of Grafton, New Hampshire, is Newfound Lake, a resort which has attractions far greater than her spread of popularity. Newfound Lake is not more widely known, simply because this region lacks a large hotel, although an abundance of farmhouses do their best for the summer population. In the early spring, the catches of land-locked salmon, often weighing as high as eight pounds are frequent, and trout, perch, pickerel and bass, inhabit these waters. Scores of delightful farming towns in the eastern portion of the state afford accommodations for the general summer influx. Just over the Massa ake by devious and rushing waters. cd and Otter Pond The Royal Arch two miles distant, Spot One of the the vistas around prospect from Burkewhich is 2683 feet ses directly in the md to the north and argan and Ragged where e and The en roon, Wce the sea les m-N and ending ee Karsing Fiers, the tains Lake Smee is an ideal re crain qui whose natti".. Vime send Aeon soled hey tai Abat sementeer hole Sunapee, s sit and Ney es Conecticut ver red londe White Mov caff cans are widels es r the west of g the states of ampsite fows die The Cometeit rses rs and vs scuri se maugh a ng sparks With the Publishers As "Broke of Covenden," now in its fifth American edition, was one of the distinctively important books of season before last, and has continued to hold that eminence ever since, the announcement of another novel by John Collis Snaith is of more than usual importance. Its title is "Henry Northcote," and it will be issued in the autumn by Herbert B. Turner & Company, who are also the publishers of "Broke of Covenden." Harrison Robertson, the author of "The Pink Typhoon," published by Charles Scribner's Sons, will be recalled as the author of one of the best short stories of HARRISON ROBERTSON Author of "The Pink Typhoon" Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906 the last twenty years, "How the Derby was Won," a Kentucky racing tale. He also has three or four novels to his credit -"Red Blood and Blue," "The Opponents," and "The Inlander." He has been for many years the Associate Editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, and is himself an enthusiastic amateur motorist. He has succeeded in writing a new kind of automobile story, with an American background and American characters. William Sage, the author of "The District Attorney," a timely novel of political and financial life, published by Little, Brown & Company, says he is a New Englander and is glad of it, as New Englanders should be. Although he now resides in New York City, he spends his summers up among the Presidential range of mountains in New Hampshire, his native state, seeking relaxation and inspiration while living the simple life. Mr. Sage spent eight years in Wall Street, in the office of one of the largest banking firms, and his pen picture of Samuel Haverland, the father of the hero of "The District Attorney," may be said to partake of the characteristics of a famous New York banker. Mr. Sage's first novel, "Robert Tournay," a story of the French Revolution, was published in 1900. This was followed by "The Claybornes," one of the best of the Civil War stories; and "Frenchy, the Story of a Gentleman." Lilian Whiting has left her Boston home for an extended visit to Colorado and Arizona in the preparation of her new book, "The Enchanted Mesas," in which she aims to interpret the wonderful progress and the splendors of scenic grandeur in those regions. Miss Whiting will remain in Arizona for some weeks at the Grand Canyon and other interesting points, and she plans to pass the month of August at Glenwood Springs in Colorado-a beautiful resort in the heart of the Rocky mountains. Her new book will be published by Little, Brown & Company in the fall. In the early autumn Miss Whiting will sail for Europe, to pass the winter in Rome. Jessie Juliet Knox, of San Jose, Cal., the author of "Little Almond Blossoms," a collection of Chinese stories for children, with their scenes laid in Chinatown, San Francisco, barely escaped with her life from the recent earthquake. Writing to her publishers, Little Brown & Company, Boston, from San Jose, Mrs. Knox says: "Myself and family escaped by a perfect miracle, although our house was wrecked pretty badly. Before we had left our bedroom, the roof and chimney fell on the bed we had just occupied, so you see we escaped death by just a second. We are all very thankful to be alive. The great Chinatown, about which I have written in my book, is all gone. We think now that |