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A History of the College of 
California. 
BY 8. H. WILLEY, D. D. 
“It is now more than twenty years since the College 
of California was merged into The California Uni- 
versity. The History of the old College is largely 
contemporaneous with the Early. History of the 
State. The work is published by subscription. 
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California Tourists’ Guide. 
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| A Book for the Sea- side, the Lake, and 
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the other a street map. Table of distances, rates of 
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California Pictures in Prose 
and Verse, 
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California, Three Hundred and 
Fifty Years Ago. 
MANUELO’S NARRATIVE. 
Translated from the Portuguese by a California 
Pioneer. 
1 vol., 12mo. cloth, $1.50. 
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 years ago. 


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The Island Worlds of the 
Pacific Ocean. 
BY CHARLES MARION TYLER. 
With Maps and Illustrations. 
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standard and _ reliable, especially with reference to 
| the History, Discovery, Ethnology, Chronology, Ge- 
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Islands of the Pacific Ocean. The work is profusely 
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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 Seience, Mills College), 

At the sea-side, many pick up and admirea few 
shells without knowing anything of their name or 
nature. By the aid of this book such aimless shell- 
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intelligent and elevating pleasure. 
The Frontispiece is a hand-painted engraving of 
the very rare ard beautiful Surcula Carpent-riana. 
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200 Engravings, and is carefully printed on fine, 
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