CONTENTS

[CALIFORNIA'S NAME AND EARLY HISTORY]

[THE STORY OF THE MISSIONS AND OF FATHER SERRA]

[BEFORE THE GRINGOS CAME]

[THE AMERICANS AND THE BEAR-FLAG REPUBLIC]

[THE DAYS OF GOLD AND THE ARGONAUTS OF '49]

[MINING STORIES]

[HOW POLLY ELLIOTT CAME ACROSS THE PLAINS]

[THE BUILDING OF THE OVERLAND RAILROAD]

[STORY OF THE WHEAT FIELDS]

[ORCHARD, FARM, AND VINEYARD]

[THE STORY OF THE NAVEL ORANGE]

[THE LEMON]

[FLOWERS AND PLANTS]

[THE BIG TREES AND LUMBERING]

[OUR BIRDS]

[OUR WILD ANIMALS]

[IN SALT WATER AND FRESH]

[ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S INDIANS]

[THE STORY OF SAN FRANCISCO]

[MEN CALIFORNIA REMEMBERS]

[OUR GLORIOUS CLIMATE]

[SOME WONDERFUL SIGHTS]

[!-- ILL --]