Fer when you want a heaven on earth, Los Angeles stands pat.

E.A. BRININSTOOL.


CALIFORNIA.

In all methinks I see the counterpart

Of Italy, without her dower of art.

We have the lordly Alps, the fir-fringed hills,

The green and golden valleys veined with rills,

A dead Vesuvius with its smouldering fire,

A tawny Tiber sweeping to the sea.