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that is the block owned by Lieut. -Com. T. M. Gardner 

 on the corner of Main and Orange Streets. 



There is nothing imposing in the way of architecture 

 in the place. Apparently some attempt was made in 

 that direction when the Athenaeum and the Methodist 

 Church were erected. Each of these buildings is quite 

 large, and both have immense wooden pillars in front. 

 The Methodist Church is described by one correspond- 

 ent as a a great Grecian temple of a place, imposing 

 outwardly and big inwardly." 



Art and Artists. 



Dr. A. E. Jenks (see page 115) has kindly furnished 

 the following article on art and artists for this book: — 



"Many years ago, while strolling along the beach at 

 Siasconset, I noticed an artist at work, carefully paint- 

 ing a truly beautiful fog effect, — a delightful study of 

 one of Nature's subtile moods, never so apparent as to 

 the art student while strolling by the sea-coast. In 

 most generous reply to my expressed admiration of 

 his little marine picture, my artist friend said to me, 

 — and there was refreshing sincerity in his manner, — 

 i Your island of Nantucket gives us artists many a 

 bit of the richest coloring; your ocean scenery is grand; 

 indeed, the atmospheric effects, ever shifting above 

 those dangerous shoals yonder, equal if they do not 

 surpass anything I ever saw during my summer at 

 the Isles of Shoals or at Mt. Desert! ' I comprehended 

 his meaning, was a sharer in the fervor of his enthu- 

 siasm; and since that summer day of lang syne, Nan- 

 tucket's quaint scenery in rugged bluff and lowland 



