11 volumes. Portraits; maps; plates, etc. (8vo), blue-green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, plain paper jackets. Trade Edition.

Diaries and letters of women on the overland trails to the west, reprinted verbatim, with no changes in spelling, punctuation, etc. A noteworthy compilation making available much hitherto forgotten source material. The set was initiated by Dr. Holmes after years of working and collecting in the field. Clark & Brunet, 124; Kurutz, 340.