Westward the course of empire; "out West" and "back East" on the first trip of the "Los Angeles limited"

Montgomery Schuyler

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LIBRARYBANCROFT I H Westward the Course of Rmpire " """ Out West and Back East on the First of theTrip "Los Limited"Angeles with theAdditions,Reprinted, from New York Times By SchuylerMontgomery G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London tknfcfcerbocfcer3be press 1906 PREFATORY NOTE DEAR PUTNAM:MY I am much toobliged youreally very for attention to Bayard Tay-calling my lor's "El Dorado." It is distinctly my and a little that Ishame,loss, myperhaps was not in aware of itsbefore, detail,any existence. If I had had knowl-specific of the I should havebook, surelyedge availed of that when Iknowledgemyself arrived that California coastupon lovely which visited beforeTaylor fifty-six years after a from New York thatme, voyage took him four months and a and mehalf, four His studies weredays! correspond- whereas this bookletingly leisurely, which are so as to isyou gracious publish the record of a "rush."clearly rapid You and I both know our "Sparrow- and bear in mind hisgrass" may literary IRoteIPretators reference to California from a(I quote " distant as Mr. Evarts saidmemory/' about St. :Paul) Know the land that looks on Ind ?ye There find a Pacific sailor !only you'll Its has beensong Lind,sung by Jenny And the words were furnished by Bayard Taylor It were absurd to thiscompare hasty with the narrative ofreport Taylor's But it is a truepainstaking investigations.

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• Western United States

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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LIBRARYBANCROFTI
HWestward the Course
of Rmpire
" """ Out West and Back East
on the First of theTrip
"Los Limited"Angeles
with theAdditions,Reprinted, from
New York Times
By
SchuylerMontgomery
G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
tknfcfcerbocfcer3be press
1906