From the Land of the Snow-Pearls: Tales from Puget Sound

From the Land of the Snow-Pearls is a late-19th century collection of short stories set in the United States Pacific Northwest. Its illustrative and entertaining tales include «The Flower that Grew in the Sand», «Esther's 'Fourth'», «The Blow-out at Jenkin's Grocery», «The Takin' in of Old Mrs' Lane», «The Manoeuvring of Mrs. Sybert», «A Point of Knuckling-Down», etc.