in the
following notice to her work:--

"In the spring of 1883 a prize of one hundred dollars was offered by
a committee of the citizens of Colorado Springs and Manitou for the
best article upon these two towns as places of residence and health
resorts. Numerous articles were presented and several were of marked
merit. Rev. Willis Lord, D. D., and Rev. James B. Gregg, the
examining committee, adjudged the prize to Mrs. Simeon J. Dunbar, a
resident of Colorado Springs for the past two years, and a
correspondent of the Boston press. Mrs. Dunbar has sought to prepare
such a statement of facts as she would have welcomed (and believes
others desire) when she contemplated making a home in the New West;
in this endeavour she has been eminently successful. It is believed
that this is the most complete, compact and accurate body of
practical information in print concerning these two places, which are
becoming more popular every year; and that it will be of great and
permanent value to all persons seeking a change of climate or
proposing to visit or settle in Colorado."

The second part is written by my friend, Doctor Solly, and treats of
the place from a medical point of view. I can, therefore, by giving
extracts from the said book, state with very good authority all that
is necessary to tell, in the author's own words.

But before I do so, I would, in gratitude to the said Doctor Solly
and another, say a few words. My sons, previous to joining me in
California, had been several times at Colorado Springs, staying with
a Mrs. Garstin, an English lady I had known in London, who has now
finally taken up her abode there. Her kindness to my poor boys (who
were living a hard life, working as common labourers for ranch and
farm owners in the neighbourhood, and who, it goes without saying,
had no spare cash) was excessive. She was as a mother to them, and
being far from rich herself the doing so often entailed personal
privations. Both my sons, while with her, fell ill, and at her kind
instance Dr. Solly attended them gratis. This was no exceptional
case, he is one of those "who do good by stealth, and blush to find
it fame." When, therefore, I went from the Water Ranch to Colorado
Springs, partly to see the place, partly to get cured of a sprained
back which some farm work had entailed, I went straight to Doctor
Solly, both for medical aid, and to thank him for his kindness to my
boys. I was, indeed, pleased to make his and Mrs. So