Caleb Matthews: An Idyl of the the Maine Coast

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83 pp. "Off the coast of Maine, twenty miles from the railroad, is an arrow-shaped island six miles long and pointing out to sea. At the tip of this island is a fishing settlement of less than a hundred souls, increased during the summer by another hundred. It is a spot to grow enthusiastic over, for here nature has done some of her best work. The vast expanse of ocean, unbroken to the southward, save as in imagination distant lands are pictured below the horizon; a coast line, irregular and craggy, its contour changing with the rise and fall of the tides!" -Excerpt Show more