The Argosy — page 297: what you’re looking at

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bo SJ CO ON THE SOUTH COAST. By CHARLES W. Woop, AuTHoR oF “ RounD ABouT Norway,” T is impossible to ap- proach Bournemouth without being struck by the beauty of its situation. ant Romantically placed,there Se Ky) is an absence of stiff out- ae ve lines and _ premeditated Bie Lah ml i i HS plans about its first im- < SA Bie sees. that is not the least of its charms. Such, at least, will be theopinion of any one coming im- th dail from the flat country and tame reaches of Salisbury Plain. It is not only as a “city set on an hill,” but one also very much hid in a valley. At ig NT ee ae | Houses are picturesquely Bi Or et TE SMe! set on the ‘slopes, and 3 , ee | ee «around all, and amidst all—alike fringing the heights and clustering in the vales—the pinc trees are scattering perfume upon the air, and adding to the reputation of Bournemouth by their healing viriues. A short drive lands you at the Bath Hotel, where you are made so welcome, and where your quarters are so comfortable and well appointed, that, once within its portals, you will probably, even if wanderingly inclined, cease to wander. Bournemouth is surely unlike any other watering-place in England. Individuality, that rare quality, marks it for its own. No matter how minutely it may have been described, you feel that the reality is somewhat different from the anticipation. Almost it resembles a foreign town, with its wooded slopes and detached houses. It 1s a town that has come to the wood. Some years ago—I know not how many—Bournemouth was a small, unknown place—hamlet, village, or whatever the settlement might be called. Few people were seen there; trees flourished and had it all their own way, unvisited by man, happy in each other’s company, wanting no intrusion, recelving none. Tn ~ if ' Nit “: ’ . i} = : = | —— : — ag ——— a * = ——_ y —— UZ — =. = 1 — IN; , = Ze ** i re * Oo > “a ; ~ << 2 —— — Ht ~ A NU Vé Vi; ») Y i Wi LH | iy \\ {/ \ Pt II if t 3 / — Shih! { ! ‘ Py = | ae i Clk p) Fa £ ( \ ih 4 if 7) - { a: 7 i ’ ee . WY = Vee i} x der iy wit + Finke = Se = = Miah) fj hea jah . dad A Sy st = NORMAN ‘TURRET, CHRIST CHURCH. E@ORNICOOOKS (C(O)