Boston the Hub of the Universe—Continued
chants, and is crowded with summer cottages; contains several large hotels.
Revere. It is famous for its beautiful beach, and lies between Winthrop and Nahant. It includes the resort known as the Point of Pines. A beautiful, broad parkway has been constructed some distance from high-water mark and follows the line of the entire ocean front. Reached by the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad.
Nahant. This is a select watering-place. Agassiz, Prescott, Wendall Phillips, Eliot and Longfellow have frequented this resort. It is the summer home of U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. A rocky promontory, Bass Point, is the southwestern point of the peninsula.
Swampscott. A part of Lynn and a favorite summer resort; abounds in good hotels and beautiful summer residences.
Marblehead. A delightful summer resort and famous for its yacht races. The inhabitants are mainly fishermen, and in the early days it was the port of much coasting trade. It is rich in historic places.
Salem. Noted in early times for persecution of witches, and Witch Hill, where these innocent people were executed, has a mournful interest. Salem Willows, a narrow strip of land forming the northern boundary of the harbor, is a great resort for excursionists during the summer. The Peabody Institute, East Indian Marine Hall, Charter Street Burying Ground, Essex Institute, and Roger Williams' house are among the points of interest. The student of history should not fail to visit Old Salem.
Beverly, Gloucester and Newburyport are additional resorts on the North Shore. All are inhabited by Boston business men, and many summer cottages can be found therein. Gloucester can be reached by the palatial steamers of the Boston & Gloucester Steamboat Co., and a good fish dinner and beautiful drive awaits the traveller upon reaching that point.
SOUTH SHORE.
Downer Landing and Nantasket Beach are reached by the Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co., and are favorite summer resorts for the people of Boston. A drive up Jerusalem Road, one of the most famous summer thoroughfares of New England, is well worth the trip to Nantasket.
Hingham is one of the oldest maritime towns in the State. It has been the home of Major-General Lincoln of the Continental Army and John A. Andrews, the great war governor, and is the present home of the Hon, John D. Long, Secretary of the U.S. Navy.
Cohasset has a rocky ocean front, and off its shore is the famous Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, a tower of firm stone with a mighty light. Cohasset is easily reached by railroad and is a delightful resort.
Scituate, Marshfield and Duxbury are all rich in historic interest, as well as having splendid facilities for the summer visitor. Near Scituate was the home of Samuel Wadsworth, upon which estate is located the well which inspired the poet occupant of the "Old Oaken Bucket"; Marshfield was the summer home of Daniel Webster, and he is buried here; Duxbury was occupied by John Alden, Capt. Myles Standish, and other Pilgrims.
Plymouth. Everyone knowns the historic interest that centers around Plymouth, It was settled in 1620 by the Pilgrims who came in the Mayflower, and no point in Massachusetts is more interesting and no trip by boat more delightful than a visit to this old Pilgrim settlement. Plymouth Rock, the Old Court House, Pilgrim Hall, Burial Hill, and hundreds of interesting landmarks are to be found here. Do not go to your Western or Southern home without being able to say to your friends and neighbors that you have visited that portion of Massachusetts which was first settled and first inhabited.
THE SUBURBS.
Chelsea. This was formerly a part of Boston but was incorporated as a town in 1738 and a city in 1857. On Powder Horn Hill stands the Soldiers' Home which was established by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and maintains about four hundred veterans of the Civil War.
