THE NEWSPAPER-MADE MAN INTERESTING GIRLS GIVE THE MEN A CHANCE THE ADVENT OF CANDOR THE AMERICAN MAN THE ELECTRIC WAY CAN A HUSBAND OPEN HIS WIFE'S LETTERS? A LEISURE CLASS WEATHER AND CHARACTER BORN WITH AN "EGO" JUVENTUS MUNDI A BEAUTIFUL OLD AGE THE ATTRACTION OF THE REPULSIVE GIVING AS A LUXURY CLIMATE AND HAPPINESS THE NEW FEMININE RESERVE REPOSE IN ACTIVITY WOMENóIDEAL AND REAL THE ART OF IDLENESS IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION THE TALL GIRL THE DEADLY DIARY THE WHISTLING GIRL BORN OLD AND RICH THE "OLD SOLDIER" THE ISLAND OF BIMINI JUNE NINE SHORT ESSAYS A NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF THE TUILERIES TRUTHFULNESS THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS LITERATURE AND THE STAGE THE LIFE-SAVING AND LIFE PROLONGING ART "H.H." IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SIMPLICITY THE ENGLISH VOLUNTEERS DURING THE LATE INVASION NATHAN HALEó1887 FASHIONS IN LITERATURE INTRODUCTION THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER CERTAIN DIVERSITIES OF AMERICAN LIFE THE PILGRIM, AND THE AMERICAN OF TODAYó1892 SOME CAUSES OF THE PREVAILING DISCONTENT THE EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE LITERARY COPYRIGHT THE RELATION OF LITERATURE TO LIFE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH THE RELATION OF LITERATURE TO LIFE "EQUALITY" WHAT IS YOUR CULTURE TO ME? MODERN FICTION THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY MR. FROUDE'S "PROGRESS" ENGLAND THE NOVEL AND THE COMMON SCHOOL THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM SHAKESPEARE WROTE Our Italy CHAP. PAGE I. HOW OUR ITALY IS MADE 1 II. OUR CLIMATIC AND COMMERCIAL MEDITERRANEAN 10 III. EARLY VICISSITUDES.óPRODUCTIONS.óSANITARY CLIMATE 24 IV. THE WINTER OF OUR CONTENT 42 V. HEALTH AND LONGEVITY 52 VI. IS RESIDENCE HERE AGREEABLE? 65 VII. THE WINTER ON THE COAST 72 VIII. THE GENERAL OUTLOOK.óLAND AND PRICES 90 IX. THE ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATION 99 X. THE CHANCE FOR LABORERS AND SMALL FARMERS 107 XI. SOME DETAILS OF THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT 114 XII. HOW THE FRUIT PERILS WERE MET.óFURTHER DETAILS OF LOCALITIES 128 XIII. THE ADVANCE OF CULTIVATION SOUTHWARD 140 XIV. A LAND OF AGREEABLE HOMES 146 XV. SOME WONDERS BY THE WAY.óYOSEMITE.óMARIPOSA TREES.óMONTEREY 148 XVI. FASCINATIONS OF THE DESERT.óTHE LAGUNA PUEBLO 163 XVII. THE HEART OF THE DESERT 177 XVIII. ON THE BRINK OF THE GRAND CA—ON.óTHE UNIQUE MARVEL OF NATURE 189 APPENDIX 201 INDEX 219 ILLUSTRATIONS. SANTA BARBARA Frontispiece PAGE MOJAVE DESERT 3 MOJAVE INDIAN 4 MOJAVE INDIAN 5 BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF RIVERSIDE 7 SCENE IN SAN BERNARDINO 11 SCENES IN MONTECITO AND LOS ANGELES 13 FAN-PALM, LOS ANGELES 16 YUCCA-PALM, SANTA BARBARA 17 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, RIVERSIDE 21 AVENUE LOS ANGELES 27 IN THE GARDEN AT SANTA BARBARA MISSION 31 SCENE AT PASADENA 35 LIVE-OAK NEAR LOS ANGELES 39 MIDWINTER, PASADENA 53 A TYPICAL GARDEN, NEAR SANTA ANA 57 OLD ADOBE HOUSE, POMONA 61 FAN-PALM, FERNANDO ST. LOS ANGELES 63 SCARLET PASSION-VINE 68 ROSE-BUSH, SANTA BARBARA 73 AT AVALON, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND 77 HOTEL DEL CORONADO 83 OSTRICH YARD, CORONADO BEACH 86 YUCCA-PALM 92 DATE-PALM 93