Jansen's Curse
The Survey Cook
A Raid on the Seal Rookeries
The Coast of British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria, B. C.

Paolo's Virginia (A Spring Phantasy)




Author's Introduction

To you who have lifted the veil of mists o'er-blown
And gazed in the eyes of dawn when night had flown--
Have felt in your hearts a thrill of sheer delight
As you scanned the scene below from some alpine height--
I extend this fleeting glimpse across a world
Of forest and meadow land--at last unfurled--
Through vistas of soaring peaks with frosted crest
In the fiorded wonderland of this--last--west.




October Daybreak on Boundary Bay

A skyline bold and clear
Of cold sharp corniced snow,