VI 



ON SEA AND SHORE 



R. W. D. HOWELLS made a 

 most pathetic confession some 

 years ago in an article contrib- 

 uted to a well-known journal 

 when he said concerning vaca- 

 tions, " Whatever choice you 

 make, you are pretty sure to regret it." Either 

 Mr. Howells was " out of tune with the universe " 

 or he never tried Edgartown. 



Lest some of our readers should assume some 

 selfish motive as prompting this bold proclamation 

 of Edgartown as an attractive spot in which to 

 spend the summer days, let it be said that the writer 

 does not stand in with any hotel proprietor or real 

 estate dealer in this village by the sea or 

 elsewhere. 



Just how Martha's Vineyard came by its name 

 is not certain. One tradition has it that when, in 



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