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Title: Byways Around San Francisco Bay

Author: William E. Hutchinson

Release Date: May 23, 2004 [EBook #12415]

Language: English

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[Illustration: ON THE ROAD TO STRAWBERRY CANON]

BYWAYS AROUND SAN FRANCISCO BAY

BY W. E. HUTCHINSON

1915

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR

DEDICATED TO
MY WIFE
THE DEAREST YET SEVEREST
OF CRITICS

CONTENTS

Sunset in the Golden Gate (Poem)
Brook and Waterfall
Mountain and Valley
Canon and Hillside
Wild-cat Canon
Autumn Days (Poem)
Around the Camp Fire
Trout Fishing in the Berkeley Hills
On the Beach
Muir Woods
San Francisco Bay (Poem)
In Chinatown
In a Glass-bottom Boat
Fog on the Bay
Meiggs' Wharf
The Stake and Rider Fence (Poem)
Moonlight
Mount Tamalpais
Bear Creek
The Song of the Reel (Poem)
The Old Road

ILLUSTRATIONS

On the Road to Strawberry Canon
The Laughter of the Brook
Brook and Waterfall
The Turn of the Trail
Mountain and Valley
Sunshine and Shadow
Canon and Hillside
The Bottom of the Canon
Wild-cat Canon
The Trout's Paradise
Fishing for Brook Trout
They have Stood the Storms of Centuries
Sea Gull Rock
Comrades
Among the Redwoods
A Chinese Shoemaker
In Chinatown
The Breaking Waves
The Glass-bottom Boat
Fog on the Bay
Italian Fishing Boats
Drying the Nets
The Witchery of Moonlight
Mount Tamalpais
An Uninterrupted View
Where the Shadows are Dark
On Bear Creek
The Old Road
It Climbs the Hill for a Broader View
Finis

[Illustration]

Sunset in the Golden Gate

When day is done there falls a solemn hush:
The birds are silent in their humble nest.
Then comes the Master Artist with his brush,
And paints with brilliant touch the golden west.

The blended colors sweep across the sky,
And add a halo at the close of day.
Their roseate hues far-reaching banners fly,
And gild the restless waters of the bay.

Mount Tamalpais stands in purple 'tire
Against the background, Pho