xii, [2], 238, [10] pp. 8vo. Red-orange cloth, gilt titles, black stamped decorations. A firsthand account of time spent in California in the 1870s, featuring natural history, geography and topography, descriptions of settlements and climate, agricultural and ranching efforts, accounts of tourist attractions, comments on trades and industries in the area, a discussion of Chinese immigrant workers, and a whole chapter on Yosemite. Two-panel map precedes frontispiece of The Golden Gate (with no bridge - it wouldn't be built until 1933), 15 engraved plates in text.
