In the Footprints of the Padres. by Charles Warren Stoddard
In the footprints of the padres. By Charles Warren Stoddard Golden Gate, looking west. In the Footprints of the Padres CHARLES WARREN STODDARD San Francisco A.M. ROBERTSON 1902 Copyright, 1901 by A.M. ROBERTSON PRINTED BY THE STANLEY-TAYLOR COMPANY SAN FRANCISCO TO MY FATHER, SAMUEL BURR STODDARD, ESQ., FOR HALF A CENTURY A CITIZEN OF SAN FRANCISCO Through the kindness of the Editors of The San Francisco Chronicle The Ave Maria, Notre Dame, Ind. The Victorian Review, Melbourne v Contents Litany of the Shrines vi Old Days in El Dorado 1 A Memory of Monterey 133 A Bit of Old China 167 A Mysterious History 191 The Egg-pickers of the Farallones 279 Inland Yachting 297 In a Californian Bungalow 317 List of Illustrations The Golden Gate (frontispiece) facing Title Meigg's Wharf “ 46 Telegraph Hill in 1856 “ 50 Alley in Chinatown “ 60 Lone Mountain “ 76 Mission Dolores “ 82 San Carlos de Carmelo, 1776 “ 150 Street in Chinatown “ 170 vi In the footprints of the padres. By Charles Warren Stoddard http://www.loc.gov/resource/calbk.002 Litany of the Shrines. THE Angelus from rise to set of sun Recalls us thrice unto our private prayers; So may these missions memories recall-- With their soft names, now named one after one-- Recall the pious life which once was theirs; Recall their rise, alas! recall their fall-- For all too soon their blessed work was done. In the far south the sunny San Diego, Carmelo, San Antonio, each their way go-- Dust unto dust. so crumbles the adobè Within one year sprang up San Luis Obispo, And San Antonio, and San Gabriel: After five years of struggle, San Francisco, And San Juan Capistrano--it is well To pause a little now and then if, so be, Thou gainest strength; good works rush not pell-mell, Santa Clara and San Buenaventura, Santa Barbara and Purissima; And darling Santa Cruz--sanctissima-- Next Soledad, and then a pause secura.
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