Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes

——— BY SILVIA SUNSHINE. ——— With Illustrations. Nashville, Tenn.: SOUTHERN METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR. 1880.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by THE AUTHOR, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

THIS book contains a brief account of the early settlement of Florida, and some of its Indian conflicts, together with many amusing incidents connected with its present history; also a new illustration, prepared expressly for this work—the whole being a collection of travels, and what is to be seen in various portions of Florida, Key West, and Cuba; with a Gazetteer and Florida Guide-book attached, designed for the use of tourists and settlers.


WRITING, like other employments, furnishes a reward to those who are fond of it—elevates the mind to a higher and happier state of enjoyment than merely grasping for earthly treasure, a desire to discover something beautiful in our surroundings, a nobility of character in mankind, a grandeur in all God’s works.