[2] In 1883 Martin moved to London amid controversy over his role as co-respondent in a divorce case; he became a journalist and wrote regularly for the Pall Mall Gazette.
One of Martin's most solid achievements was the publication of a work entitled "Australia and the Empire", specially dedicated to the First Lord of the Treasury, Mr.
[1] Among other literary efforts in London may be mentioned "Oak-bough and Wattle-blossom," the first of those collective stories by "Australians in England" of which there are now quite a series.
[1] Martin married a widow, Harriette Anne Bullen (daughter of Dr John Moore Cookesley) on 11 January 1886 in London.
Martin was the first of Robert Louis Stevenson's correspondents to write and seek acquaintance with him based on admiration for his work, meaning especially the Cornhill essays.