A secret nook in a pleasant land,

Whose groves the frolic fairies planned,

Where arches green, the livelong day,

Echo the blackbird's roundelay,

And vulgar feet have never trod

Spots that are sacred to thought and God.

—Emerson.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Approaching Marin's Shores[Frontispiece]
Title sketch[1]
One of the Commodious Ferry-boats[1]
The Ferry Landing[2]
Main Street, Sausalito[3]
Sausalito Residences[4]
The Club House, Sausalito[5]
The Son of the Renowned Captain[7]
A Typical Roadway[8]
A Reminder of Rhineland[9]
A Hillside Road[10]
Hillside Gardening[11]
O'Connell's Seat[12]
Daniel O'Connell[13]
A Windblown Tree[14]
Fissures of the Cliffs[15]
Nearing the Point[16]
Fishing Boats[17]
The Derrick Wharf[19]
Point Bonita Lighthouse[20]
Overlooking the Fog[21]
The First Fog Signal[22]
Angel Island[23]
The Departing Day[23]
Mt. Tamalpais from Mill Valley[25]
The Powerhouse[27]
An Electric Train[27]
A Relic of the Past[28]
Mill Valley Depot[29]
The Three Wells[30]
The Cascade[30]
The Old Mill[31]
Like the Mikado's Realm[33]
A Reminder of the Toriis[34]
Some of the Quaint Lamps[35]
The Dining-room at Miyajima[35]
A Creek in Summer[36]
In the Hayfield[36]
"The Outdoor-Art Club"[37]
What the Club is Trying to Prevent[38]
The Mountain Train[39]
Through the Redwoods[39]
Turning the Innumerable Curves[40]
From the Crest of Mt. Tamalpais[41]
The Marine Observatory[43]
The Tavern[43]
The Bow-Knot[44]
A Wireless Telegraphy Station[45]
The Bolinas Stage[46]
Bolinas Bay[46]
A Glimpse of Bolinas[47]
Flag Staff Inn[48]
Sand Dunes[49]
The Breakers[49]
The Oil Well[50]
Where Don Gregorio Died[50]
Thad Welch's Cabin[51]
Duxbury Reef[53]
The Lone Tree[54]
Thad Welch at Work[54]
Among the Redwoods[55]
Primal Solitudes[56]
In the Canyon[57]
Angel Island from the Mainland[58]
The Tiburon Depot[59]
"The Tropic Bird"[60]
In the Cove[61]
Belvedere[63]
An Artistic Church[64]
Unloading Codfish[65]
Drying Codfish[66]
San Quentin[67]
Point San Quentin as seen from Mt. Tamalpais[68]
Lagunitas, San Rafael's Water Supply[69]
Trolling on the Lake[70]
A Marin Landscape. (From the original by Thad Welch)[71]
Mt. Tamalpais from Ross Valley[73]
A Home in Ross Valley[74]
A Shaded Avenue[75]
Dress Parade, Hitchcock Military Academy[76]
Theological Seminary, San Anselmo[77]
Dominican Convent[77]
Court House, San Rafael[78]
Escalle Vineyard and Winery[79]
"Fairhills"[81]
Fourth Street, San Rafael[82]
Entrance to Hotel Rafael[83]
Hotel Rafael[83]
The Late Owner of the Olompali[84]
The Last of the Race[85]
A Wood Interior[87]
Summer in the Redwoods[87]
A Charming Drive[88]
Browsing[89]
A Characteristic Stream[90]
Relics from a Shell Mound[91]
Haying Time[92]
Apple Picking in Marin[93]
Cheese Industry[95]
Young Heron[96]
On the Marsh[97]
R. H. Hotaling's Residence on "Sleepy Hollow Ranch"[98]
The Taxidermist of Marin[99]
A Quail's Nest[100]
A Humming Bird's Nest[101]
Little Songsters[101]
A Sportsman[102]
Near to Nature's Heart[103]
A Bend in the Road[105]
One of the Sparkling Lakes[106]
Shafter Lake[107]
On the Shore of Shafter Lake[108]
Entering Bear Valley[109]
The Country Club[109]
Among the Ferns[110]
At the Trough[111]
Nearing Tomales Bay[113]
Tomales Bay[114]
Church of the Assumption, Tomales[115]
Feeding Time[116]
Chicken Ranches in Marin[117]
Defacing Nature[119]
Dairying on the Edge of the Pacific[120]
In the Pasture[121]
Going Home[122]
A Marin Ranch[123]
Sir Francis Drake[125]
A Bay of Solitude[126]
Drake's Bay[127]
A Bit of Rocky Shore[128]
Marin Cows[129]
Drake's Cross[131]
A Rugged Coast Line[132]
Point Reyes[133]
Point Reyes Life Saving Station[134]
Plowing in October[135]
"The Warrior Queen"[137]
The Lighthouse[138]
Cloud-Hosts[138]
Where the Waves Break[139]
The Glory of the Dying Day[140]