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This book, as its title-page states, is made up of selections from the writings of California authors. Most of the selections refer to California--her scenic glories, mountains, valleys, skies, canyons, Yosemites, islands, foothills, plains, deserts, shoreline; her climatic charms, her flora and fauna, her varied population, her marvellous progress, her wonderful achievements, her diverse industries. Told by different authors, in both prose and poetry, the book is a unique presentation both of California and California writers. The Appendix gives further information (often asked for in vain) about the authors themselves and their work. It is the hope of the compiler that the taste given in these selections may lead many Californians to take a greater interest in the writings of their fellow citizens, and no interest pleases an author more than the purchase, commendation, and distribution of his book.If this unpretentious book gives satisfaction to the lovers of California, both in and out of the State, the compiler will reap his highest reward. If any suitable author has been left out the omission was inadvertent, and will gladly be remedied in future editions.Download The California Birthday Book Now!

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For more than 90 years Hallmark has designed greeting cards for life's special moments. Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2009 extends this tradition, making it easy to create one-of-a-kind Hallmark cards as unique as the people you care for. In three simple steps you can add personal photos, sentiments, and clip art images of your choosing.

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Make a true Cubs fan's birthday extra special with this Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field Marquee Sign Birthday Card!The card features a picture of the infamous Marquee sign outside the stadium and comes with an envelope.

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TO THE READER John Henry Smith has requested me to revise and edit his diary, and, to use his own expression, See if I can make some kind of a book from it. It was his idea that I should eliminate certain marked passages, and disguise others, so as to conceal the identity of the originals. Since Mr. Smith is abroad I can do as I please. Aside from renaming his characters, I have left them exactly as he has drawn them. This may lead him to do his own editing in the future. I have also taken the liberty of reproducing some of the sketches made by Mr. Smith. In addition to literary, artistic, and athletic gifts Mr. Smith has had the rare good fortune to-but I must not anticipate his story. THE EDITOR Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. CONTENTS ENTRY NO. I. 11. 111. IV. v. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XN. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. Miss Harding is Coming Mainly about Smith . Mr. Harding Wins a Bet Bishops Hired Man . The Eagles Nest . I Play with Miss Harding Two Boys from Buckfield Downfall of Mr. Harding Mr. Smith Gets Busy . The Two Gladiators . The Barn Dance . The St. Andrews Swing Our New Professional . Myself and I The Auto and the Bull . Miss Harding Owns Up The Passing of Percy . Mr. Hardings Struggle . The Tornado xi PAGE 3 2 1 29 xii CONTENTS-Continued ENTRY NO. PAGE XX. Fat Ewes and Sharp Knives . 281 XXI. I am Entirely Satisfied . . 300 XXII. I am Utterly Miserable . 303 XXIII. A Few Closing Confessions 317 THE CHARACTERS JOHN HENRY S MITH, who tells the story. Heir of his father, lives in Woodvale club house, devoted to golf, becomes interested in Wall Street, and falls in love with Grace Harding GRACE HARDING, only daughter of Robert L. Harding, visitor in Woodvale ROBERT L . HARDING nl , i llionaire railway magnate, who first despises golf and then becomes infatuated with it MRS. H ARDING th , e matter-of-fact wife of the above JIM BISHOP, farmer near Woodvale, who knew Harding when the two were boys in Buckfield, Maine WILLIAMW ALLACEB, ishops hired man, later golf professional in Woodvale, and later something else OLIVE L AWRENC pu E p , i l to William Wallace PERCY LA HUME in , love with Miss Lawrence JAMES CARTER, wealthy member of Woodvale, who knows how to keep a secret MISS D ANGERFIEL w D ho , makes a collection of golf balls MISS Ross, who is very pretty MR. and MRS. CHILVERSa, n d MR. and MRS. MARSHALLe, s - timable young people, who enter into this narrative BOYD, LAWSON D , U FF, BELL, MONAHANET, C., members in good standing in the Woodvale Golf and Country Club and I got it ....................... Frontispiece 6 6 How do I look ............................ Title Page 6 c . and threw it in the pond . ................. 6 I Fore there hay there .......................... It makes an ideal hazard ........................ I 6 . but there was blood in his eye ............. Fore ......................................... There is no law to compel a man to play golf ........ We rested on top of the hill ....................... Did it hit you ................................. 6 I . and missed the ball by three inches ........ I6 It is not necessary to caution me .................. The dream ....................................... At the gate waiting for us ........................ cc Were not fighting, my dear ...................... It must be tough to have to wear skirts all the time ... What do you think of me ....................... Jack . . . n ever stopped a second ................

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Manufacturer's Description Whatever the occasion, Create your own Greeting Cards contains a sensational collection of over 35,000 full colour, clip art images combined with over 12,000 greeting card and invitation templates to help get you started.* Create - Select a ready-to-use template, or design your own! * Customise - Add your own freehand designs, images or photos. * Print - Print or email your finished card.Design the perfect card for any occasion! Anniversary, Birthday, Christening, Christmas, Congratulations, Easter, Engagement, Father's Day, Get Well, Good Luck, Graduation, Mother's Day, New Baby, Retirement, Sympathy, Thank You, Wedding much more!* Calculated by multiplying the different combinations of images, photographs and fonts.WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO WITH CREATE YOUR OWN GREETING CARDS: You may incorporate any image(s) into your own original work and publish, display and distribute your work in any media. You may not, resell, sublicense, or otherwise make available the image(s) for use or distribution separately or detached from a product or Web page. For example, the image(s) may be used as part of a Web page design, but may not be made available for downloading separately or in a format designed or intended for permanent storage or re-use by others.Disclaimer:Some of the images used on this packaging may not be included on this PC DVD-ROM Box Contents # 1 X DVD-ROM

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My recollections of Bret Harte begin with the arrest, on the Atlantic shore, of that progress of his from the Pacific Slope, which, in the simple days of 1871, was like the progress of a prince, in the universal attention and interest which met and followed it. He was indeed a prince, a fairy prince in whom every lover of his novel and enchanting art felt a patriotic property, for his promise and performance in those earliest tales of 'The Luck of Roaring Camp', and 'Tennessee's Partner', and 'Maggles', and 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat', were the earnests of an American literature to come. If it is still to come, in great measure, that is not Harte's fault, for he kept on writing those stories, in one form or another, as long as he lived. He wrote them first and last in the spirit of Dickens, which no man of his time could quite help doing, but he wrote them from the life of Bret Harte, on the soil and in the air of the newest kind of new world, and their freshness took the soul of his fellow-countrymen not only with joy, but with pride such as the Europeans, who adored him much longer, could never know in him.When the adventurous young editor who had proposed being his host for Cambridge and the Boston neighborhood, while Harte was still in San Francisco, and had not yet begun his princely progress eastward, read of the honors that attended his coming from point to point, his courage fell, as if he had perhaps, committed himself in too great an enterprise. Who was he, indeed, that he should think of making this "Dear son of memory, great heir of fame,"his guest, especially when he heard that in Chicago Harte failed of attending a banquet of honor because the givers of it had not sent a carriage to fetch him to it, as the alleged use was in San Francisco? Whether true or not, and it was probably not true in just that form, it must have been this rumor which determined his host to drive into Boston for him with the handsomest hack which the livery of Cambridge afforded, and not trust to the horse-car and the local expressman to get him and his baggage out, as he would have done with a less portentous guest. However it was, he instantly lost all fear when they met at the station, and Harte pressed forward with his cordial hand-clasp, as if he were not even a fairy prince, and with that voice and laugh which were surely the most winning in the world. He was then, as always, a child of extreme fashion as to his clothes and the cut of his beard, which he wore in a mustache and the drooping side-whiskers of the day, and his jovial physiognomy was as winning as his voice, with its straight nose and fascinating thrust of the under lip, its fine eyes, and good forehead, then thickly crowned with the black hair which grew early white, while his mustache remained dark the most enviable and consoling effect possible in the universal mortal necessity of either aging or dying. He was, as one could not help seeing, thickly pitted, but after the first glance one forgot this, so that a lady who met him for the first time could say to him, "Mr. Harte, aren't you afraid to go about in the cars so recklessly when there is this scare about smallpox?" "No, madam," he could answer in that rich note of his, with an irony touched by pseudo- pathos, "I bear a charmed life."Download A Belated Guest Now!

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A BELATED GUESTIt is doubtful whether the survivor of any order of things finds compensation in the privilege, however undisputed by his contemporaries, of recording his memories of it. This is, in the first two or three instances, a pleasure. It is sweet to sit down, in the shade or by the fire, and recall names, looks, and tones from the past; and if the Absences thus entreated to become Presences are those of famous people, they lend to the fond historian a little of their lustre, in which he basks for the time with an agreeable sense of celebrity. But another time comes, and comes very soon, when the pensive pleasure changes to the pain of duty, and the precious privilege converts itself into a grievous obligation. You are unable to choose your company among those immortal shades; if one, why not another, where all seem to have a right to such gleams of this 'dolce lome' as your reminiscences can shed upon them? Then they gather so rapidly, as the years pass, in these pale realms, that one, if one continues to survive, is in danger of wearing out such welcome, great or small, as met ones recollections in the first two or three instances, if one does one's duty by each. People begin to say, and not without reason, in a world so hurried and wearied as this: "Ah, here he is again with his recollections!" Well, but if the recollections by some magical good-fortune chance to concern such a contemporary of his as, say, Bret Harte, shall not he be partially justified, or at least excused? I.My recollections of Bret Harte begin with the arrest, on the Atlantic shore, of that progress of his from the Pacific Slope, which, in the simple days of 1871, was like the progress of a prince, in the universal attention and interest which met and followed it. He was indeed a prince, a fairy prince in whom every lover of his novel and enchanting art felt a patriotic property, for his promise and performance in those earliest tales of 'The Luck of Roaring Camp', and 'Tennessee's Partner', and 'Maggles', and 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat', were the earnests of an American literature to come. If it is still to come, in great measure, that is not Harte's fault, for he kept on writing those stories, in one form or another, as long as he lived. He wrote them first and last in the spirit of Dickens, which no man of his time could quite help doing, but he wrote them from the life of Bret Harte, on the soil and in the air of the newest kind of new world, and their freshness took the soul of his fellow-countrymen not only with joy, but with pride such as the Europeans, who adored him much longer, could never know in him.Download Belated Gues Now!

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Hallmark Card Studio 2010 Deluxe is the fast, fun & easy way to create customizable Hallmark cards! With the built-in photo editor & picture placer you can even insert family photos directly into your cards! You’ll get 10,000+ Hallmark cards & projects (including 1,200 NEW ones!), 17,000+ premium art images, plus an Event Planner to remind you of important dates.

For more than 100 years Hallmark has designed greeting cards for life's special moments. Hallmark Card Studio 2010 Deluxe extends this tradition, making it easy to create one-of-a-kind Hallmark cards as unique as the people you care for. In three simple steps you can add personal photos, sentiments and clip art images of your choosing. Design cards for all occasions--birthdays, holidays, weddings and more. Complement your cards with sensational artwork. Create custom calendars, photo frames, stationery, invitations, scrapbooks, certificates and more! The #1 Greeting Card Software Our new Deluxe 2010 version includes: 10,000+ Hallmark Cards and Projects: Design cards for all occasions--birthdays, holidays, weddings and more. 1,200+ New Designs 7,500+ Sentiments 17,000+ Clip Art Images: Complement your cards with sensational artwork. Brand New Animated User Interface 3D Cards and Projects Photo Calendars and Photo Cards Exclusive Hallmark Fonts and Sentiments Event Planner: Stay organized with address books, mailing lists and date notification. Enhanced Digital Photography Features: Easily add your own photos to cards and enhance them using Card Studio's digital photo editor. Hallmark E-Cards: Send your personalized cards and projects via e-mail with just one click. New! Hallmark Note Writing Guide: Tips for Writing Heart Felt Notes But cards are just the beginning. Commemorate events and bridge the miles between family and friends with custom calendars, photo frames, stationery, invitations, scrapbooks, certificates and more! It's amazing what you and Hallmark can do together! Creating Your Own Cards Is Faster, Easier and More Fun than Ever Create personalized cards in 3 easy steps: Select from thousands of cards, invitations, stickers and more Add your own unique message or personal photos. Then change fonts, colors or graphics. Print, email or create a PDF of your one-of-a-kind creation. Personalize cards and projects with your digital photos. Correct any photo, remove red eye and apply special effects with a host of easy-to-use tools in our Digital Photo Editor. Use photos for photo cubes, photo cards, photo calendars, photo frames, and more Custom greetings for virtually every event and occasion: Birthdays Friends Family Kids And more! Holidays Boss's Day Christmas Easter, Father's Day Grandparents Day Halloween Hanukkah Kwanzaa Mother's Day New Year's Passover Rosh Hashanah St. Patrick's Day Thanksgiving Valentine's Day And More! Special Days Bar/Bat mitzvah Communion Graduation New Baby Retirement Wedding And More! Day by Day Congratulations Encouragement Friendship Get Well Just Because Thank You And More! Creative Projects Announcements Calendars Certificates Envelopes Gift Boxes Gift Tags Invitations Mini Albums Photo Cubes Photo Frames Postcards Scrapbook Pages Stationery And More! Also Includes Event Planner Keep track of the birthdays and anniversaries of the important people in your life. Date notification means you'll never miss an important Hallmark card event again. Scrapbooks Commemorate the special events in your family's life by creating beautiful scrapbooks you'll treasure forever. Hallmark e-Cards Email personalized cards for any occasion. Plus, add music and prerecorded sounds. All of the Quality and Variety You've Come to Expect from Hallmark

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• Hallmark Card Studio 2010 Deluxe features 10,000+ Hallmark cards and projects for all occasions--birthdays, holidays, weddings and more
• Commemorate events and bridge the miles between family and friends with custom calendars, photo frames, stationery, invitations, scrapbooks, certificates and more
• Exclusive Hallmark fonts and sentiments, 1,200+ new designs, and 17,000+ clip art images--complement your cards with sensational artwork
• Easily add your own photos to cards and enhance them using Card Studio's digital photo editor
• Send your customized cards and projects via e-mail with just one click

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The Christmas Tree. Hanging Stockings. Christmas Cards. Carolling. Santa Claus. Gift Giving. Egg Nog. The Yule Log. Do you know where these traditions came from? Are you someone that believes they've simply "always existed" and is something we, as a Nation have always done every year around December 24th? Or do you believe that we simply "created" them ourselves? If you are, then you really don't know the history of Christmas traditions. Have you ever wondered why we do the things we do when the snow begins to fall and the air becomes oh so chilly? There is a reason we perform every single Christmas tradition we know today. And some of them may not be why you think! Throughout these pages, you will discover why certain Christmas traditions are performed every year, and where exactly in the world they came from. Here's a secret you may not know. . . .Many of the Christmas traditions we use to celebrate our National Holiday didn't even originate in our country! Hard to believe? Well, it's 100%, without a doubt F-A-C-T. Guess what else? Christmas almost didn't exist in our country! What????! Yep, it's true. In fact, some of the earliest "Powers That Be" did not believe in the Holiday because of it's origins. Now you might be thinking, "How Can That Be?? Surely That Isn't The Case At All. Someone Must Be Misinformed About This Sacred Holiday!". I can assure you that someone IS misinformed about this holiday. And, it could be you. Or someone you know that doesn't understand the true history behind Christmas and the traditions that surround our most sacred of holidays. Wouldn't you like to know exactly where it all began and how we celebrate the Christmas holiday today is a result of our past? Well, you're going to read about the whole thing. Right here and now within these very pages. So sit back, grab a cup of your favorite Holiday beverage, and prepare yourself to discover The History of The American Christmas and its Traditions! To A Happy Holiday Season,