THE LIFE OF BRET HARTE

The Gale Library of Lives and Letters American Writers Series

THE LIFE OF BRET HARTE

WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CALIFORNIA PIONEERS

BY

HENRY CHILDS MERWIN

WITH PORTRAITS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1911

REPUBLISHED BY GALE RESEARCH COMPANY, BOOK TOWER, DETROIT, 1967

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY HENRY CHILDS MERWIN

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published September 1911

Library of Congress Card Number: 67-23887

TO Anne Amory Merwin THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED