A BREEZE
FROM
THE WOODS
BY
W. C. BARTLETT
SECOND EDITION.
THE CALIFORNIA PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1883
OAKLAND TRIBUNE PRINT.
TO
A. K. P. HARMON, Esq.,
THE LIBERAL CITIZEN, GENIAL NEIGHBOR, AND
STEADFAST FRIEND.
NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The greater number of the papers comprised in this volume wereoriginally contributed to the Overland Monthly, and nearly in theorder in which they now appear. Two essays, written at later dates, wereprinted in the Californian. The final paper of the series only, hasbeen slightly abridged. It was originally prepared as a platformaddress, and still retains that distinctive character.
If these pages disclose more of the freedom of outdoor life than thephilosophy born of private meditation, it is because the author lovesthe woods better than the town; the garden better than the low diet andhigh thinking of any philosopher (who goes above the clouds); and thefriendships which have ripened under genial skies, better than all.
The House on the Hill.
January, 1883.
CONTENTS.
| Page. | ||
| I. | A BREEZE FROM THE WOODS, | 9 |
| II. | LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY, | 37 |
| III. | A WEEK IN MENDOCINO, | 53 |
| IV. | UNDER A MADROÑO, | 77 |
| V. | A DAY ON THE LOS GATOS, | 95 |
| VI. | SHADOWS OF ST. HELENA, | 113 |
| VII. | THE HOUSE ON THE HILL, | 137 | ...