The Pioneer: Or, California Monthly Magazine, Volume 4Le Count and Strong, 1966 General interest magazine, with emphasis on literature and poetry, some history, natural science, and current events. Contained the first publication of the Letters from Dame Shirley (Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe), 1819-1906. Her letters were an important description of life in the California Gold Rush mining camps. Zamorano 80, no. 69. |
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Page 55
... strange then , that " Camille " should be so popular . She must be a poor actress indeed , who could not carry the audience with her through the performance . It is not strange , that while Miss Davenport's other characters attract but ...
... strange then , that " Camille " should be so popular . She must be a poor actress indeed , who could not carry the audience with her through the performance . It is not strange , that while Miss Davenport's other characters attract but ...
Page 178
... strange - looking fiddle of antique form . It seemed to have been broken and mended again more than fifty times , and its strings were pieced together with many an intricate knot . " Rather a queer old box , that fiddle of yours ...
... strange - looking fiddle of antique form . It seemed to have been broken and mended again more than fifty times , and its strings were pieced together with many an intricate knot . " Rather a queer old box , that fiddle of yours ...
Page 282
... strange fancy for that Nomadic way of coming to California . To lie down under starry skies , hundreds of miles from any human habitation , and to rise up on dewy mornings , to pursue our way though a strange country , so wildly ...
... strange fancy for that Nomadic way of coming to California . To lie down under starry skies , hundreds of miles from any human habitation , and to rise up on dewy mornings , to pursue our way though a strange country , so wildly ...
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Beauty By G 268 | 16 |
A Steeple Chase on the Prairies | 22 |
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