With Us,
August, September, And October Are The Holiday Months; Whereas Our
Rebel Children Across The Atlantic Love To Disport Themselves In
July And August.
The great beauty of the autumn, or fall, is in
the brilliant hues which are then taken by the foliage.
The
autumnal tints are fine with us. They are lovely and bright
wherever foliage and vegetation form a part of the beauty of
scenery. But in no other land do they approach the brilliancy of
the fall in America. The bright rose color, the rich bronze which
is almost purple in its richness, and the glorious golden yellows
must be seen to be understood. By me, at any rate, they cannot be
described. They begin to show themselves in September; and perhaps
I might name the latter half of that month as the best time for
visiting the White Mountains.
I am not going to write a guide book, feeling sure that Mr. Murray
will do New England and Canada, including Niagara, and the Hudson
River, with a peep into Boston and New York, before many more
seasons have passed by. But I cannot forbear to tell my countrymen
that any enterprising individual, with a hundred pounds to spend on
his holiday - a hundred and twenty would make him more comfortable
in regard to wine, washing, and other luxuries - and an absence of
two months from his labors, may see as much and do as much here for
the money as he can see or do elsewhere.
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