The Gorgeous Isle: A Romance; Scene-- Nevis, B.W.I. 1842

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Gorgeous Isle, by Gertrude Atherton, Illustrated by C. Coles Phillips
Scene: Nevis, B. W. I., 1842
ILLUSTRATED BY C. COLES PHILLIPS
Doubleday, Page & Company 1908
COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY THE ESS ESS PUBLISHING COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY GERTRUDE ATHERTON PUBLISHED, OCTOBER, 1908
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

“‘But what a joy to see you in colour. How does it happen?’”
TO MRS. SPENCER WIGLEY, OF ST. KITTS, B. W. I.
Bath House. This hotel was erected in 1804 at a cost of £40,000, although built entirely by slaves. Its varied and brilliant career came to an end some time in the forties. The tide of fashion turned, and as it was too large for a private residence, it was left to the elements. Earthquakes have riven it, hurricanes unroofed it, and time devoured it, but it is still magnificent in its ruin.
Atlantis. Bacon, in “The New Atlantis,” assumes America to be the fabled continent of Atlantis, which, according to his theory, was not submerged, but flooded to such an extent that all the inhabitants perished except the few that fled to the highest mountain tops. I have, however, preferred to adopt the Platonic theory, as at once more plausible and interesting.