ABSTRACT
The reputation which the Village enjoyed during these years was not a single one, but a series of different reputations falling roughly into two more or less competing groups, those which featured “atmosphere” and “charm” and those which stressed freedom, exoticism, intellectuality. Each, moreover, successively reflected a current climate of opinion. Real estate dealers, property-owners, and business people were the most active publicists for each of the reputations in turn.
