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_The Works of_

E. P. ROE


HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS WIFE


E. P. ROE

REMINISCENCES OF HIS LIFE

BY HIS SISTER, MARY A. ROE


ILLUSTRATED


NEW YORK
PETER FENELON COLLIER & SON
MCM


E. P. ROE

REMINISCENCES OF HIS LIFE

_Copyright, 1899_
BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY




INTRODUCTORY NOTE.


Since the death of Edward Payson Roe, in 1888, there have been
inquiries from time to time for some record of his life and work, and
it is in response to these repeated requests that this volume is
issued. While necessarily omitting much that is of too personal a
nature for publication, the editor has allowed the subject of these
Reminiscences to speak for himself as far as possible, although it has
been thought advisable to introduce here and there various papers from
outside sources that seem to throw additional light upon his character.
It is believed that in this way a clearer picture may be given than
would otherwise be obtained of the life of one who was, perhaps, the
most popular American author of his generation. The editor's own part
of the work has been confined to a simple statement of facts and to
supplying connecting links, when such seemed needed, between the
various letters and papers.

Thanks are due, and are hereby offered, to all who have kindly
contributed material or in other ways assisted in the preparation of
this volume.




CONTENTS


CHAPTER                                                          PAGE

   I. BOYHOOD AND COLLEGE DAYS                                      1

  II. LIFE AS CHAPLAIN                                             13

 III. A WINTER CAMP                                                41

  IV. MARRIAGE--THE RAID TOWARD RICHMOND                           58

   V. HAMPTON HOSPITAL                                             70

  VI. THE HOSPITAL FARM AND CHAPEL                                 85

 VII. PASTORATE AT HIGHLAND FALLS                                  95

VIII. RESIGNATION FROM THE MINISTRY                               118

  IX. FRUIT CULTURE AND LITERARY WORK                             124

   X. HOME LIFE                                                   137

  XI. SANTA BARBARA                                               154

 XII. RETURN TO CORNWALL--LETTERS                                 181

XIII. LAST BOOK--DEATH                                            194

 XIV. AN ACCOUNT OF E. P. ROE'S BOOKS                             218

  XV. THE TABLET AND MEMORIAL ADDRESS                             231




ILLUSTRATIONS


E. P. ROE AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH                      _Frontispiece_

                                                         TO FACE PAGE

E. P. ROE AS A STUDENT                                             10

E. P. ROE AS CHAPLAIN, AGE 26                                      38

VIEW FROM THE PIAZZA AT "ROELANDS"                                128

THE STUDY AT "ROELANDS"                                           152

TABLET ON BOULDER IN "ROE PARK"                                   232


[Illustration: E. P. ROE AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.]




E. P. ROE

REMINISCENCES OF HIS LIFE




CHAPTER I

BOYHOOD AND COLLEGE DAYS


My brother Edward and I were the youngest of six children, and as he
was my senior by but a few years we were playmates and almost
inseparable companions in our childhood.

We were born in a roomy old-fashioned house, built by my mother's
father for his oldest son, but purchased by my father when he retired
from business in New York. A more ideal home for a happy childhood
could not easily be found. It stood near the entrance of a beautiful
valley through which flowed a