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A History of the College of 

 California. 



BV S. ri. WILLEY, D. D, i 



It is now more than twenty jears since tlie College 

 of California was merged into The Califoruia Dui- 

 versity. The History of the old College is largely 

 contemporaneous with the Early History of the 

 State. The work is published by subscription, 



1 vol., 8vo, 400 pages, cloth, paper label, - S 4.00 

 J " " " " bound in sheep, - 5,00 



California Tourists' Guide. 



Revised and brought down to date; containing just 

 such information as every Tourist wants. I 



The Guide will contain two maps of the city— one 

 a bird's eye view of .San Francisco and surroundings, 

 the other a street map. Table of distances, rates of 

 fare, hotels and routes of travel, etc. 



170 pages, 16mo, cloth limp, $1.00; illuminated 

 paper covers. 50 cents. 



The Island Worlds of the 

 Pacific Ocean. 



BY CHARLES MARION TYLER. 



With Maps and Illustrations. 

 1 vol., 8vo, S37 pages, cloth, 



§2.00 



Some pains have been taken to make this work 

 standard and reliable, especially with reference to 

 the History, Di.«covery, Ethnology, Chronology, Ge- 

 ography, Area, Population, and Products of various 

 Islands of the Pacific Oce^n. The work is profusely 

 illustrated both with wood-cuts and lithographs. 



California Pictures in Prose 

 and Verse. 



BY BENJAMIN PARKE AVERY. 



Quarto, doth, 344 pages, beautifully illustrattd with 

 Engravings after drawings from Nature. 83 00. 



California, Three Hundred and 

 Fifty Years Ago. 



M.\NUELO'S NaBBATIVE. 



Translated from the Portuguese by a California 

 Pioneer. 



1 vol., 12mo. cloth, 81.50. j 



The above book purports to be a translation of a 

 recently discovered Portuguese ms. giving a Sailor's 

 Narrative of a Sojourn in California and Life Among 

 the Indians 300 vears ago. I 



A Book for the Sea - side, the Lake, and 

 th« Forest. 



West Coast Shells. 



A familiar description of the Marine, Fresh Water, 



and Land Mollusks found in the United States, 



west of the Rocky Mountains. 



BY JOSIAH KEEP, A. M. 



(Professor of Natural Science, Mills College). 



At the sea-siie, many pick up and admire a few 

 shells without knowing anything of their name or 

 natnre. By the aid of this hook such aimless shell- 

 gathering may happily be changed into i source of 

 intelligent and elevating pleasure. 



The Frontispiece is a hau'l-painted engraving of 

 the very rare and beautiful Svrctda Carpentriana. 



The book contains upwards of 230 pages, and 

 200 Engravings, and is carefully printed on fine, 

 heavy paper, and neatly bound in cloth. 



Piice, Postage Paid, !»1.75, net. 



