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| The Lure of San Francisco - Elizabeth Gray Potter and Mabel Thayer Gray | |
| Introduction: | |
| Fictional stories about San Francisco, based on historic facts. This is my 60th Project Guttenberg title. |
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| Preface |
| The Mission and its Romance - A view from Twin Peaks - The city with its historic crosses. A visit to the old church - Its past, and the romance of Lüis Argüello. |
| The Presidio, Past and Present - The Spanish Fortifications and the love story of Concepcion and Rezánov. |
| The Plaza and its Echoes - A Chinese restaurant. Yerba Buena and the reminiscences of a forty-niner. |
| Telegraph Hill of Unique Fame - The Latin quarter. The signal station of '49 and a view of the city -as it was. The Golden Gate. |
| Illustrations |
| Book Cover |
| The Mission - "The modern structures crowd upon the low adobe building." |
| Prayer Book Cross - "A granite cross just visible above the trees in Golden Gate Park." |
| At Lotta's Fountain - "We watched the people purchasing flowers on the corner." |
| The Officer's Club House at the Presidio - "Of a different generation from its neighbors." |
| A Street in Chinatown - "We must take a look at the spot where the first house stood." |
| Portsmouth Square - "The entire history of San Francisco was made around this Plaza." |
| A Fountain in the Latin Quarter - "Stooping to drink from his hand on the edge of a little pool." |
| A Sunset Thro' the Golden Gate - "The last rays gilded the cliffs on either side." |
| DOC file for Palm (Project Guttenberg Version) |