The Smiling Hill-Top
and Other California Sketches
by
JULIA M. SLOANE
Illustrated by
CARLETON M. WINSLOW
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1921
Copyright, 1919, by
Charles Scribner's Sons
Published October, 1919
TO
MY THREE COMPANIONS OF THE ROAD
ONE LARGE AND TWO SMALL
THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| The Smiling Hill-Top | 5 |
| A California Poppy | 19 |
| Gardeners | 35 |
| Thorns | 55 |
| The Gypsy Trail | 77 |
| An Adventure in Solitude | 94 |
| A Sabine Farm | 116 |
| The Land of "Whynot" | 132 |
| Where the Trade Wind Blows | 155 |
| Sunkist | 176 |
THE SMILING HILL-TOP
AND OTHER CALIFORNIA SKETCHES
INTRODUCTION
The following sketches are entirely informal. They do not cover the subject of Southern California in any way. In fact, they contain no information whatever, either about t
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