Editorial Comment for this plate:

NEW JERSEY WOODLANDS.

OUR frontispiece this week is a characteristic bit of New Jersey woodlands. It was discovered and photographed by Mr. W. I. Lincoln Adams not far from his home in Montclair. Such charming bits of natural scenery abound on both slopes of the Orange Hills throughout their entire length. Hither the city amateur is invited when he is surfeited with Bronx River views and those in Central Park. The delicacy of foliage of “New Jersey Woodlands,” and the gentle play of sunlight through the leaves and on the brush-wood, remind us of the lines on “Summer,” by Willis G. Clark:

“The Spring’s gay promise melted into thee,

Fair Summer! and thy gentle reign is here;

Thy emerald robes are on each leafy tree;

In the blue sky thy voice is rich and clear.”

The photograph was made early in the present summer, a Morrison wide-angle lens being employed. We think the appropriate green tint which Mr. Edwards has selected for printing the photogravure is worthy of attention. (p. 327)