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“THE POST-OFFICE IS IN THE HEART OF AN OLD HOLLOW OAK TREE”
THE LOVER’S BAEDEKER
AND
GUIDE TO ARCADY
BY
CAROLYN WELLS
WITH TWENTY ILLUSTRATIONS AND A COVER
BY A. D. BLASHFIELD AND MAPS BY
GEORGE W. HOOD
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1912, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian
THE•PLIMPTON•PRESS
[W•D•O]
NORWOOD•MASS•U•S•A
THIS GUIDE BOOK
IS DEDICATED
TO ANNA WAITT
A TOURIST
CONTENTS
Arcady and Its Environs:Page
Preliminary Information1
Topography4
Routes4
Roads Out of Arcady8
Season11
Climate11
Time11
Time’s Valentine15
Calendar19
The Lay of Lothario Lee21
Money24
Custom House24
Cupid’s Failure28
History29
An Arcady Girl31
Under a New Charter32
Arcadia34
An Arcadian Lady38
Arcady:
Preliminary Ramble39
Flora41
The Arcadian Language of Flowers43
Hotels44
Restaurants45
Sweet Shops46
Heard in Arcady47
Dithyramb by an Arcadian Poet49
Conveyances50
Shops54
Cupid’s Sale55
Cupid’s Bill57
Institutions and Public Buildings:
Places of Interest58
Post-Office58
The Heart Exchange61
The Intercepted Valentine62
Banks62
The Hospital62
The Weather Bureau65
The Campo Santo65
The Hall of Fame66
Ballade of Arcady67
Amusements68
The Old Story75
Language75
Some Arcadian Bromidioms76
Exercise for the Language Student:
A Very Pretty Quarrel77
Degrees of Love79
Definitions79
The Spelling Lesson79
Love in Arcady80
Insensibility81
Biographical Sketch of Cupid82
Political Notes84
Arcadian Laws84
Costumes85
Then and Now86
Walks87
Old Valentines91
Business Section93
It Happened in Arcady94
Calamitous Catastrophe101
Advertisements103
Advertisement113
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Post Office is in the heart of an old hollow oak treeFrontispiece
Facing page
Arcadia (Map)3
Across the Sea of Dreams in a Transport of Rapture5
The troubled waters of the Gulf of Woe7
Mountains of Opposition8
A radiant Goddess beckoning to him9
Many with a greed for lucre will follow the10
Goddess of Fortune
’Tis love that makes the world go round12
The old clock on the stairs13
Sun dials and moon dials are approved as they mark the17
bright hours only
Custom House25
Arcady and its Environs (Map)35
On the water all sorts of boats are used51
Cupid’s Heartware Shop53
The groves and dells are decorated with beautiful statues59
Weather Bureau63
The Mayday Plaisance is a large amusement69
A Serenader73
True lovers’ knots may be bought here89
The blissfully enraptured are conducted to sentimental spots107
Love proof window screens114
Map of the Town of ArcadiaEnd-leaves
THE LOVER’S BAEDEKER AND
GUIDE TO ARCADY