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viii, 576 pp. Illustrated throughout from wood-cut drawings. 23.2x13.8 cm (9x5½"), half morocco with cloth boards, lettering on spine in gilt; all edges marbled.

A gathering of early issues of this important and influential San Francisco based periodical. The literature, scenery, and history of California in the early days come alive in Hutchings' widely-read monthly.

Hutchings' California Magazine began publication in 1856 and ran for five years. Farquhar notes "...in the pages of his magazine there is preserved a good deal of material depicting the life and scenes of California in the decade following the Gold Rush -material notably lacking in Bancroft's works,- especially with respect to Yosemite, the Big Trees, and other scenic wonders...in 1860 [Hutchings] gathered together extracts from his magazine and published them in book form...Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California..."