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A History of the College of 

 California. 



BTS. H.WILLEY. D.D. 



It is now more than twenty yeavs since the College 

 of Calitcrnia was uicrj;rd into TlieCal. torn i»« IJki- 

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California Tourists' Guide. 



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170 pages, ICmo, cloth limp, $ 1 .( O ; illuminated 

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California Pictures in Prose 

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BY BENJAMIN PARKE AVERT. 



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California, Three Hundred and 

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ManuAlo's Nabsativb. 



Tr&nglated from the Portuguese by a California 

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1vol., 12mo. cloth, $1.50. 



The above book purports to be a tr.%ns]ation of a 

 recently discovered Poituguese M3. giving a Sailor's 

 Narr.'.tive of a Sojourn in California and Life Among 

 the ladians 300 years ajfO. 



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The Island Worlds of the 

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BY CHARLES MARION TYLER. 



With Maps and Illustrations. 

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A Book for the Sea ■ aide, llie I<ake, and 

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West Coast Shells. 



A. familiar de crijition of the Marine, Fresh Water, 



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west of the Rocky 'Mountains. 



BY JOSIAH KEEP, A. M. 



(Professor of Natural Science, Mills Colle^). 



At the sea-side, many pick up at.d admire a fe« 

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