NOOKS AND CORNERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST.
By SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE,
AUTHOR OF "OLD LANDMARKS OF BOSTON," "HISTORIC FIELDS AND MANSIONS OF MIDDLESEX," &c.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Inscribed by Permission, AND WITH SENTIMENTS OF HIGH RESPECT, TO HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
NEW ENGLAND OF THE ANCIENTS.
Norumbega River and City.--Early Discoverers, and Maps of New England.--Mode of taking Possession of new Countries.--Cruel Usage of Intruders by the English.--Penobscot Bay.--Character of first Emigrants to New England.--Is Friday unlucky? 17
CHAPTER II.
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND.
About Islands.--Champlain's Discovery.--Mount Desert Range.--Somesville, and the Neighborhood.--Colony of Madame De Guercheville.--Descent of Sir S. Argall.--Treasure-trove.--Shell-heaps.--South-west Harbor.--The natural Sea-wall.--Islands off Somes's Sound 27
CHAPTER III
CHRISTMAS ON MOUNT DESERT.
Excursion to Bar Harbor.--Green Mountain.--Eagle Lake.--Island Nomenclature.--Porcupine Islands.--Short Jaunts by the Shore.--Schooner Head.--Spouting Caves.--Sea Aquaria.--Audubon and Agassiz.--David Wasgatt Clark.--F. E. Church and the Artists.--Great Head.--Baye Francoise.--Mount Desert Rock.--Value of natural Sea-marks.--Newport Mountain, and the Way to Otter Creek.--The Islesmen.--North-east Harbor.--The Ovens.--The Gregoires.--Henrietta d'Orleans.--Yankee Curiosity 40