. Here and there in New England and Canada . S6 CHAPTER XI. THE ISliES OF SHOflliS. The Leightoxs.— Ax Aktists and Authors Resort.—Views ol?Sea and Skv.—The Days oe the Pirates and Seal-Huxters.— Appledore.— Star Island.—A A^anisiied Town. THE Isles of Shoals form a unique watering-place in the ocean, tenor twelve miles from Portsmouth, from -which steaml)oats runhither several times daily. The season lasts from mid-June wellinto September, during which thousands of visitors come here toenjoy the bracing sea-air. There is no beauty of landscape here, forthe islands are, as Celia Thaxter says,
. Here and there in New England and Canada . S6 CHAPTER XI. THE ISliES OF SHOflliS. The Leightoxs.— Ax Aktists and Authors Resort.—Views ol?Sea and Skv.—The Days oe the Pirates and Seal-Huxters.— Appledore.— Star Island.—A A^anisiied Town. THE Isles of Shoals form a unique watering-place in the ocean, tenor twelve miles from Portsmouth, from -which steaml)oats runhither several times daily. The season lasts from mid-June wellinto September, during which thousands of visitors come here toenjoy the bracing sea-air. There is no beauty of landscape here, forthe islands are, as Celia Thaxter says, mere heaps of tumbling granitein the wide and lonely sea; but the majesty of the ocean broods overeverything. The founder of the modern summer-resort was ThomasB. Leigliton, an eccentric Democratic gentleman of Portsmouth, whol)anished himself to these inhospitable rocks as a result of a mortify-ing political defeat. Years ago, a number of vacation-tourists visitedAppledore and secured entertainment at the Leighton mansion, whic
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