Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. On page 18, "arroya" should possibly be "arroyo." On page 53, "gaumet" should possibly be "gamut." On page 134, the text is "Noriegas'." The Index shows "Noriega's." "Tamalpias" should possibly be "Tamalpais." [Illustration: THE THREE BROTHERS, YOSEMITE VALLEY] CALIFORNIA _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN A WOMAN OF GENIUS THE LOVELY LADY ETC. AGENTS America The Macmillan Company 64 & 66 Fifth Avenue, New York Australasia The Oxford University Press 205 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Canada The Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd. St. Martin's House, 70 Bond Street, Toronto India Macmillan & Company, Ltd. Macmillan Building, Bombay 309 Bow Bazaar Street, Calcutta CALIFORNIA THE LAND OF THE SUN PAINTED BY SUTTON PALMER DESCRIBED BY MARY AUSTIN ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 4, 5, & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. _Published Autumn 1914_ CONTENTS PAGE I. The Sparrow Hawk's Own 1 II. Mothering Mountains 25 III. The Coasts of Adventure 45 IV. The Port of Monterey 61 V. Old Spanish Gardens 85 VI. The Land of the Little Duck 105 VII. The Twin Valleys 125 VIII. The High Sierras and the Sage-brush Country 147 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS