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[[preprinted]] "its lively independence and its genuine learning."- The Nation "A magazine wholly unlike any other published anywhere....charming and entertaining."- The Dial. 501 STIMSON BUILDING LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED $1 A YEAR EDITORIAL ROOMS THE LAND OF SUNSHINE THE MAGAZINE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST CHAS.F.LUMMIS,EDITOR LOS ANGELES CAL., ^[[Mch 4 [[strikethrough]]180[[/strikethrough]] 1900]] [[/pre printed]] My Dear Miss Fletcher: Thank you for what I [[underlined]] can [[/underlined]] thanks-the books which I shall keep with the few on my [[underlined]] good[[/underlined]] shelf. And bless you for what thanks are too small for & the spirit between those covers. I do not know much about God-but I never doubt him; for in this sore world there still is now & then a human being, real tho' civilized. Humanity is naturally