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Our Italy By: Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) |
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OUR ITALY BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER Author of Their Pilgrimage, Studies in the South and West, A Little
Journey in the World ... With Many Illustrations
[Illustration] NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
Copyright, 1891, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
All rights reserved.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. PAGE I. HOW OUR ITALY IS MADE 1 II. OUR CLIMATIC AND COMMERCIAL MEDITERRANEAN 10 III. EARLY VICISSITUDES. PRODUCTIONS. SANITARY CLIMATE 24 IV. THE WINTER OF OUR CONTENT 42 V. HEALTH AND LONGEVITY 52 VI. IS RESIDENCE HERE AGREEABLE? 65 VII. THE WINTER ON THE COAST 72 VIII. THE GENERAL OUTLOOK. LAND AND PRICES 90 IX. THE ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATION 99 X. THE CHANCE FOR LABORERS AND SMALL FARMERS 107 XI. SOME DETAILS OF THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT 114 XII. HOW THE FRUIT PERILS WERE MET. FURTHER DETAILS OF LOCALITIES 128 XIII. THE ADVANCE OF CULTIVATION SOUTHWARD 140 XIV. A LAND OF AGREEABLE HOMES 146 XV. SOME WONDERS BY THE WAY. YOSEMITE. MARIPOSA TREES. MONTEREY 148 XVI. FASCINATIONS OF THE DESERT. THE LAGUNA PUEBLO 163 XVII. THE HEART OF THE DESERT 177 XVIII. ON THE BRINK OF THE GRAND CAÑON. THE UNIQUE MARVEL OF NATURE 189 APPENDIX 201 INDEX 219
ILLUSTRATIONS.
SANTA BARBARA Frontispiece PAGE MOJAVE DESERT 3 MOJAVE INDIAN 4 MOJAVE INDIAN 5 BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF RIVERSIDE 7 SCENE IN SAN BERNARDINO 11 SCENES IN MONTECITO AND LOS ANGELES 13 FAN PALM, LOS ANGELES 16 YUCCA PALM, SANTA BARBARA 17 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, RIVERSIDE 21 AVENUE LOS ANGELES 27 IN THE GARDEN AT SANTA BARBARA MISSION 31 SCENE AT PASADENA 35 LIVE OAK NEAR LOS ANGELES 39 MIDWINTER, PASADENA 53 A TYPICAL GARDEN, NEAR SANTA ANA 57 OLD ADOBE HOUSE, POMONA 61 FAN PALM, FERNANDO ST. LOS ANGELES 63 SCARLET PASSION VINE 68 ROSE BUSH, SANTA BARBARA 73 AT AVALON, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND 77 HOTEL DEL CORONADO 83 OSTRICH YARD, CORONADO BEACH 86 YUCCA PALM 92 DATE PALM 93 RAISIN CURING 101 IRRIGATION BY ARTESIAN WELL SYSTEM 104 IRRIGATION BY PIPE SYSTEM 105 GARDEN SCENE, SANTA ANA 110 A GRAPE VINE, MONTECITO VALLEY, SANTA BARBARA 116 IRRIGATING AN ORCHARD 120 ORANGE CULTURE 121 IN A FIELD OF GOLDEN PUMPKINS 126 PACKING CHERRIES, POMONA 131 OLIVE TREES SIX YEARS OLD 136 SEXTON NURSERIES, NEAR SANTA BARBARA 141 SWEETWATER DAM 144 THE YOSEMITE DOME 151 COAST OF MONTEREY 155 CYPRESS POINT 156 NEAR SEAL ROCK 157 LAGUNA FROM THE SOUTH EAST 159 CHURCH AT LAGUNA 164 TERRACED HOUSES, PUEBLO OF LAGUNA 167 GRAND CAÑON ON THE COLORADO VIEW FROM POINT SUBLIME 171 INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH AT LAGUNA 174 GRAND CAÑON OF THE COLORADO VIEW OPPOSITE POINT SUBLIME 179 TOURISTS IN THE COLORADO CAÑON 183 GRAND CAÑON OF THE COLORADO VIEW FROM THE HANSE TRAIL 191
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