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HOMER MARTIN

A REMINISCENCE

[Illustration: HOMER MARTIN

From a photograph taken in England in 1892]




    HOMER MARTIN

    A REMINISCENCE

    [Illustration]

    OCTOBER 28, 1836—FEBRUARY 12, 1897

    NEW YORK
    WILLIAM MACBETH
    1904

    Copyright, 1904, by WILLIAM MACBETH

    [Illustration]




ILLUSTRATIONS


    PORTRAIT OF HOMER MARTIN         _Frontispiece_

                                       FACING PAGE

    NORMANDY TREES                               6

    THE DUNES                                   12

    ON THE HUDSON                               18

    BLOSSOMING TREES                            24

    THE HAUNTED HOUSE                           28

    THE CRIQUEBŒUF CHURCH                       32

    GOLDEN SANDS                                36

    ON THE SEINE (“HARP OF THE WINDS”)          40

    TREES NEAR VILLERVILLE                      46

    CAPE TRINITY                                52

    A NEWPORT LANDSCAPE                         56

The publisher cordially thanks the friends who kindly lent the pictures
which have been reproduced to illustrate these pages.




INTRODUCTION


During the last year I have more than once been told that an
authoritative biographical sketch of my husband ought to be written
and I have never felt inclined to dispute the statement as an abstract
proposition. But when it is followed by the direct question: “Who so
capable of writing it as you?” the names