Excerpt from Dr. James Woodrow as Seen by His Friends, Vol. 1: Character Sketches by His Former Pupils, Colleagues and Associates Miss Martin was born in Columbia, S. C. Her father, the Rev. William Martin, was a pioneer Methodist preacher, and his daughter is very proud of the fact that he gave some of the best years of his life as a missionary to the slaves Her mother was one of the earliest inhabitants of Columbia, her parents having come here from Scotland early in the last century. She was a writer of some note in her day. Miss Martin has Spent most of her own life in teaching, having been at the head of one of the most flourishing schools in Columbia for some years, later occupying the chair of Mental and Moral Science in Columbia College, S. C. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.