CONTENTS.
CHAP. PAGE
I. HOW OUR ITALY IS MADE [1]
II. OUR CLIMATIC AND COMMERCIAL MEDITERRANEAN [10]
III. EARLY VICISSITUDES.—PRODUCTIONS.—SANITARY 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.—LAND 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.—FURTHER DETAILS OF LOCALITIES [128]
XIII. THE ADVANCE OF CULTIVATION SOUTHWARD [140]
XIV. A LAND OF AGREEABLE HOMES [146]
XV. SOME WONDERS BY THE WAY.—YOSEMITE.—MARIPOSA TREES.—MONTEREY [148]
XVI. FASCINATIONS OF THE DESERT.—THE LAGUNA PUEBLO [163]
XVII. THE HEART OF THE DESERT [177]
XVIII. ON THE BRINK OF THE GRAND CAÑON.—THE UNIQUE MARVEL OF NATURE [189]
APPENDIX [201]
INDEX [219]