Some by-ways of California

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A Region of Solitude Frontispiece

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Preface to Second Edition iii

Preface To Second Edition

In publishing a second edition of this Httle book the writer wishes to express his acknowledgments to the public for the kind reception accorded to the first edition, published by The Grafton Press, New York. It is with pleasure he has learned that these articles have brought attention to the places described, and he hopes a second edition will prove quite as acceptable. Notwithstanding the time elapsed since the original issue, conditions pertaining to all of the localities described remain very much the same. The railroad has not yet penetrated to Jolon or Pala or Pescadero, and they continue their tranquil existence unvexed by the turmoil of the outer world : the descriptions of these places are, therefore, quite as true to-day as they were at the time of the first publication.

A short article, "The Nightingale's Peer," has been added to the list of titles included in the first edition.

C. F. C.

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