BAR HARBOR. Elist, President of Harvard University, says of Mount Desert Island: "The summer travel to Mount Desert is chiefly due to four things: the cool and equable climate, the beautiful conformation of the island, the availability for sailing and fishing of the waters which surround it, and the roughness and wildness of its hills and shores. The island is by far the handsomest piece of land on the Atlantic Coast of the United States, its hills being the highest on the whole coast, and its valleys being cut low between the hills." Bar Harbor has still greater claims to popularity for it is the gateway to Mount Desert Island and the key to its many charms. The principal village on the island, with a resident population of about four thousand, Bar Harbor is situated on a plateau at the base of Green Mountain with the blue waters of Frenchman Bay laving its shore. Within easy reach by a system of excellent roads and a network of bridle paths, are the fifteen mountain peaks and as many lakes and ponds that form a part of the natural attractions of the island. Are you looking for a place wherein to spend the summer? Bar Har- bor furnishes every requisite for a perfect summer home. Far enough removed from the centres of population to be free from the cheap excursion rabble, it is yet within ten hours ride by rail from Boston, and seventeen hours from New York. You can step into your sleeper in New York city at eight o'clock in the evening, breakfast on the train, and take luncheon in Bar Harbor. All outdoor recreations are at your commands driving or riding amid the most beautiful scenery; sailing, rowing, or canoeing on the placid waters of -1-