XX PREFACE. 



be the favorite place of residence for many thousands from abroad. 

 They will fill the land with wealth, luxury, and art. California will 

 occupy in the hemisphere of the Pacific, as a focus of intellectual cul- 

 ture, a position similar to that long held by Attica in the basin of the 

 Mediterranean. Looking confidently forward to such a result, hoping 

 to see much of it accomplished in our own time, let us endeavor to lay a 

 broad, solid, and generous foundation for the political, industrial, and 

 educational greatness of our State ; let us be proud that we have taken 

 part in a work which has contributed much and will contribute more to 

 stimulate commerce and to extend civilization ; and, as a consequence, 

 to enrich and benefit mankind : a work which will be forever prominent 

 in the history of humanity. 



J. S. H. 

 SAN FRANCISCO, August ist, 1863. 



