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The House of Cariboo, and Other Tales from Arcadia

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The collection gathers sketches of riverine island life and a longer frontier tale that follows a family who travel to the gold fields and face debt, legal entanglements, and community rivalries. Interspersed short pieces evoke the archipelago’s seasonal rhythms, idle summers, and weather‑worn hamlets; episodes in the mining camp present prospecting adventures, anecdotal backstories such as an initialed tree and a Christmas episode, and a recurring struggle with a shrewd moneylender whose schemes are repeatedly frustrated. Themes of homecoming, practical resourcefulness, and the contrast between tranquil domestic scenes and the hazards of fortune‑seeking unify the volume.


List of Full Page Illustrations.

“Lucy * * * watched intently a boat pushing out from a bay
farther up the shore.” (Page 159.)
Frontispiece.
“I had run across Jimmie, one day, while prospecting
for water lilies,”
22
“‘Now, Nick Perkins, if you have got anything to
say to me personally, just come down here in
the road and I’ll talk to you,’”
68
“‘Speak, Edmond!’ gasped Cameron. ‘What have
you behind your back? It’s gold! gold!—I
know it!’”
76
“As the hour of the sale approached, they assembled
at the east end of the broad veranda,”
188
“‘Well, it’s pretty bad,’ said Du Ponté, ‘but Ribbon
needs you the worst of any of us,’”
212