Approaching Marin's Shores. In Tamal Land BY HELEN BINGHAM THE CALKINS PUBLISHING HOUSE San Francisco, U. S. A. Copyrighted, 1906 , By Helen Bingham All Rights Reserved...

To the chum of my childhood, The friend of my youth, And my kindred soul— My Mother— This volume is lovingly dedicated....

A secret nook in a pleasant land, Whose groves the frolic fairies planned, Where arches green, the livelong day, Echo the blackbird's roundelay, And vulgar feet have never trod Spots that are sacred to thought and God. — Emerson....