Charles Warren Stoddard

Charles Warren Stoddard
Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) was an American author known for his travel writing and poetry. He gained prominence with his book "South-Sea Idyls" (1873), a collection of travel essays inspired by his experiences in the South Pacific. Stoddard's works often reflected his fascination with the exotic and his keen observations of island life. He also maintained friendships with notable writers like Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson, contributing to the literary culture of his time.

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Chapter I.Due West to Denver. Commencement week at Notre Dame ended in a blaze of glory. Multitudes of guests who had been camping for a night or two in the recitation rooms—our temporary dormitories—gave themselves up to the boyish delights of school-life, and set numerous examples which the students were only too glad to follow. The boat race on the lake was a picture; the champion baseball... more...

INTRODUCTION INCE the first and second editions of "In the Footprints of the Padres" appeared, many things have transpired. San Francisco has been destroyed and rebuilt, and in its holocaust most of the old landmarks mentioned in the pages that follow as then existing, have been obliterated. Since then, too, the gentle heart, much of whose story is told herein, has been hushed in death. Charles... more...

"It is but a step from Confucius to confusion," said I, in a brief discussion of the Chinese question. "Then let us take it by all means," replied the artist, who had been an indulgent listener for at least ten minutes. We were strolling upon the verge of the Chinese Quarter in San Francisco, and, turning aside from one of the chief thoroughfares of the city, we plunged into the busiest... more...