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2. The Hall of Fame Odd omissions Civic 

 Forum Medal Medal of Honor 



3. Camping in Kings River Canyon An irrep- 

 arable loss Relics of antiquity The North 

 Palisade "Yosemites" University of Cali- 

 fornia Peak Ouzel Basin Stanford Univer- 

 sity Peak Breaking waves of granite Alps 

 and Sierras contrasted 



4. Oom Paul's obstinacy Britain's moral re- 

 sponsibility Imperial expansion The Kai- 

 ser's telegram A gross lapse Why free- 

 dom matters Mob and herd instincts 

 Campbell-Bannerman Smuts 



5. Inauguration of Benjamin Ide Wheeler "Eat- 

 ing one's way through " President Barrows 



APPENDIXES: 



A. Colonial Genealogy 665 



B. Inaugural Address, Stanford University, Octo- 



ber i, 1891 688 



C. Extracts from Certain Personal Letters of 



Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford 691 



D. From "Lest We Forget" 695 



E. Appeal of the Anti-Imperialist League, 1899. . . . 699 



F. How Barbara Came to Escondite 701 



G. Brief Mention of Certain Graduates of Stanford 



University between 1 892 and 1 899 707 



C xxv 



