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WINTHROP O LD AND N E W R V P Y G O F E ERE , THE LA ROUND B O ST O N THE FORGOTTEN CITY O F LY NN Y GOLDEN DA S IN NAH ANT . SALEM . QUAINT MARB LEHEAD THE WIN GS O F A N E W MORN IN G F B E T H Chapter VIII . T H E A S H I O N A L N O R SHORE . G C T —F A D Chapter I! . LOU ES ER LOOD TIDE N E B B A DESERTED VILLA GE THE ROMANC E O F RO CKF O RT AN ANNISQUAM GARDEN E C CLE SIASTI CAL I PSWI CH TH E WHITTIER C OUNTRY CHARMIN G O LD N EWB URYP ORT iii Win throp Highlan ds T h o se ch aract eri st i c b each es and bluffs and ro cks c o mme n c e h ere in ful l loveli n ess. D n e Winthro H ouse at Re ere The ea p , v i i O n e of th e si x olde st build n gs n N e w Englan d . Built by t he capt ai n of t h e M ayflower . Revere W ith it s an st an s and sc en i c rai wa s i ts merr b d d , l y , y - - h - s g o rounds an d Io op t e loop . Th e Playgroun d of Boston i h Here th e ci ty dwellers c ome n t ousan ds. t L nn o k a . High R c , y Th at clifi of dull red p orp hry aflordi ng a vi ew n ot p arallelled on t h e N ew Englan d coast . N ahant Its wild an d t att ered co ast line unmist akable for mil es around . ‘ n a es I he H ouse of Seve G bl . ale m i s ri ch i n awth orn e memoria s and th e S H l , House of S even G ables i s exq ui si t ely p rese rve d . T m u to m House he Sale C s . W hi ch faces t he wh arves whi ch on ce received a n e y early imp ort worth in duti es alo . O ld T ucker Wh arf at Marbleh ead An ab olish ed Lan dmark whi ch on ce st oo d at th e r p resent fer y lan ding . — ILLUSTRATIONS Con ti nued n a in M r head Bar eg t a ble . Wh ere n ot ori o s i rat e st al e th e st reet s an d u s k d , smugg lin g was in ( Pulged In as a legi timat e occupa ti on . n r The Wi gs of a N ew Mo ning . W h ere two hun dred years ag o men were h anged for h r fl i n i Wit c c a t machi n es n ow c rc e ree . f , y g l f ly Twentieth C entury Progress in Seventeenth C entury Settin g . Far out o ver th e h arbor th e flight of an avi ato r ab ove t h e i rregul ar outlin e of t h e N ew England coast . The Fashionable N orth Shore T h e Nort h Sh ore of hi gh st eppin h orses an d smartly p aint ed t rap s: of hun ti ng cgnb s and polo m s po e . Gloucester H arbor From whi ch a fleet of t wo hundred fishi ng schoon ers goes to t h e Grand B anks. Fishing Racks at Gloucester — T h e sme of fish and sa t curi ous i n escri a e ll l , d b bl , oi en etrat es G oucester own . ly , p l T A D eserted Village An o im ressi e s ot re ea in n o t race of the ddly p v p , v l g h i h r e i hundred fami li es w o l ved e e two c ntur es ag o . Rockport Harbor e se ent th ousan esse s an nua it is Pass d by v y d v l lly , n h x l e h r n ever i ce boun d a d as e ce l nt oldi ng g ound . r Rockpo rt Quar y Sheds. The re are more th an six hundred acres of q uarry an finishin cuttin an d o ishi n sh e s In Roc l d , g , g p l g d k r po t . Anni squam T o t h e west across t h e wate r swell the whi te irreg ular san d dun es of Ipsm ch . ILLUSTRATIO NSf Can tinued In an Annisquam Garden A s10 e o f ree t r t he asant oo of a ho use p g n u f , ple r f ’ h al wa own th e c iff and far e ow the cal m of f y d l , b l , h Ipswi c B ay . The First Church at Ispwi ch “ ee tin h o se en hi ch h s o e a c rch for M g u gre , w a b rn hu ' near t hr ee h n re ears i s the m o ic center ly u d d y , sy b l of th e t own . ’ Whittier s House at Amesbury An o r i nar uil in int eresti n on ecause of i ts d y b d g , g ly b associ ations. ’ Whittier s Birthplace at H averhill T h e square h ouse in whi ch W hi tti er was born in r h 1 807 was built by his great g an dfat er ui 1 688 . T e i B r r h Cha n ridge at N ewbu ypo t . S armi ng th e Me rrimac b et ween Amesbury and ’’ ' w r r arri et resco o il rd h e e bu ypo t . H P tt Sp o s ous is vi sible i n the background . Of all the thousands of miles of our inspiring coast e e e er r r r r lin , ast and w st th e is no pa t mo e ich in o e e r manc , mor throbbing with l egendary and histo ical h associations than t e North Shore of N ew England . Try to imagine the story of the early colonists ; the growth of architecture and literature and religion in this country except against this background . It is ? impossible So much that is of p ermanent value in the poetry and prose of America has its roots in this region : so many profoundly significant events of our e e e e ere national and social lif have d v lop d h , that no American Who has not at least knocked at th e door of this tre asure house is prop erly e ducate d in the pat riotic sense Much has b een written about th e North new n ew e Shore , but each comer finds a messag and yields to a spell that can never pall . CHAPTER I W INTHROP O L D AN D N E W Those visitors to N ew England who have set forth upon the pl e asurable task of exploring the historic and beautiful North Shore must surely b egin at Win hr th e es s e t op , which is small t town in Mas achus tts — one and Sixth tenths square miles and boasts no less r than nine railway stations in its limit e d a e a . For it ’ the s e e s s s r s is one of mo t conv ni nt of Bo ton ubu b , and ’ s s e res e most popular of Boston umm r orts , and thos e es characteristic b ach and bluffs and rocks , which stretch and curve and tumble down past N ewbury * e e ere e e ss. port , comm nc h in full lov lin s r er Beside its thriving umme and wint population , fin e es re s ee . Winthrop has many old hous , st et and tr s * n e o h e e st achi e A loveli ne ss t h at h as n ot escap e d the p oet s. O f t b ev n i i n n 1 me ts s g ve o p age 63 . WINTHROP OLD AN D N E W On the south side of a hill still stand a few reminders of the great sassafras grove which once furnishe d sassafras root to London at forty c ents a pound! But the uniqu e possession of th e town is th e D e ane Win — throp House one of the six oldest dwellings in N ew was a . e e England It built by C ptain William Pi rc , who was commander of th e Mayflower and of se v eral other ve ssels which b rought Plymouth and Massa s s er r he r chusetts Bay coloni t ov f om t oth e side .