"Handbook to the new Gold-fields" from R. M. Ballantyne. Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books (1825-1894).
"Destiny, which has lately riveted our attention on the burning plains of the extreme East," says the Times of 9th July, "now claims our solicitude for the auriferous mountains and rushing rivers of the Far West and the shores of the remote Pacific. What most of us know of these...
"Destiny, which has lately riveted our attention on the burning plains of the extreme East," says the Times of 9th July, "now claims our solicitude for the auriferous mountains and rushing rivers of the Far West and the shores of the remote Pacific. What most of us know of these...
Reproduction of the original: Handbook to the new Gold-fields by R.M. Ballantyne
The problem of colonisation in the north-western portion of British America is fast working itself out. The same destiny which pushed forward Anglo-Saxon energy and intelligence into the rich plains of Mexico, and which has peopled Australia, is now turning the current of emigration...
Handbook to The New Gold-Fields