THE LIFE OF BRET HARTE
The Gale Library of Lives and Letters
American Writers Series
THE LIFE OF
BRET HARTE
WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE
CALIFORNIA PIONEERS
BY
HENRY CHILDS MERWIN
WITH PORTRAITS
AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1911
REPUBLISHED BY GALE RESEARCH COMPANY, BOOK TOWER, DETROIT, 1967
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY HENRY CHILDS MERWIN
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published September 1911
Library of Congress Card Number: 67-23887
TO
Anne Amory Merwin
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED