By Thomas Dykes Beasley Author of "The Coming of Portola" With A Foreward by Charles A. Murdock Above the pines the moon was slowly drifting, The river sang below; The dim Sierras, far beyond, uplifting Their minarets of snow. - Dickens in Camp. The Chapters Foreword Preface Reminiscences of Bret Harte. "Plain Language From Truthful James." The Glamour of the Old Mining Towns Inception of the Tramp. Stockton to Angel's Camp. Tuttletown and the "Sage of Jackass Hill" Tuolumne to Placerville. Charm of Sonora and Fascination of San Andreas and Mokelumne Hill J. H. Bradley and the Cary House. Ruins of Coloma. James W. Marshall and His Pathetic End Auburn to Nevada City Via Colfax and Grass Valley. Ben Taylor and His Home E. W. Maslin and His Recollections of Pioneer Days in Grass Valley. Origin of Our Mining Laws Grass Valley to Smartsville. Sucker Flat and Its Personal Appeal