FOREWORD<br > Even to those who have never experienced the area firsthand， New En-<br >gland conjures up a flood of images. New England is historical Boston and<br >Lexington and Concord~r a smith ski ride down Ve~ont s Mount<br >Snow. New England is a splash of color on a bright fall day when the air is<br >crisp and cal. It is also seaport towns still bosfling flom the by-gone days of<br >whaling， ~d it re~ins an area where towns feature a village green and<br >white-stapled clapboard chmhes. To ne~ly everyone， New England<br >evokes a sense of this nation s history and an on-going Norman R~kwall-<br >style way of life that doesn t s~m to exist elsewhe~ in the United States.<br > Our New England ~ea editors have put together information on a wide<br >range of sites and ~fivitins tthoughout the six New Engl~d States. Within<br >that range they present you with selections of events and places that will be<br >safe， worthwhile， and of good vale. The descriptions they have provided<br >are just enough for you to make your own informed choices.<br > An ~l~rions and comments in Fodor s New England are based on the<br >editors and contributors per~ml experiences. We feel that our first re-<br > sponsibility is to inform and protect you， the made. Erto~ m bound to<br >eceep into any travel guide， bowev~. We go to p~ss in the middle of the<br > y~， and much change c~ ~d will ~c~ in the New England ~ea even<br > while we are on p~ss-----and certainly also during the succeeding 12 months<br > or so when this edition is on sale. We c~not， therefor， be resp~sible for<br > the sudden closing of a restaur~t， a ch~ge in a museum s days or hours， a<br > shift of hotel ownership (for the woF~)， and so forth. We sincerely welcome<br > l~~ers fr~ our readers on the~ eh~ges， or from those whose opinions dif-<br > fer from on~， and we ~e ready to ~vise our entries for next ye~ s edition<br > when the facts warrant it.<br > Send your letters to the editors at Fodor s Travel Guides， 2 Park<br > Avenue， New York， NY 10016. Continental or British Commonwealth<br > rcadam may prefer to write to Fodor s Travel Guides， 9-10 Market Place，<br > London WIN 7AG， Engl~d.<br >