A short travelogue, describing a journey from San Francisco to Stanford University, focusing on the details and history of San Mateo County, c. 1915. The author, Elbert Hubbard, was an American writer, publisher and artist, who died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed in 1915. The book contains several black and white photographs of many of the towns of San Mateo County, including Millbrae, South San Francisco and Hillsborough.