Show 96 HISTORY OF california ay thirteenth ka tg VOLUME OF H U 11 N CROTTO HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC STATES VOLUME thirteen ol at hubert unan H ban bani 1 crofts history of the pacific states has just been published it Is the first volume of the history of california and six other volumes will be devoted to this part of the historians great work the present volume commences with the landing of cortes at vera cruz in 1519 relating the particulars of his occupation of the pacific coast and his explorations to find the northwest passage and continues the history of the north mexican states to 1769 giving a f full uli account of the work of the mission fathers jesuits and franciscans who made but little progress in redeeming the soil or in taking addan advani i tage of its opportunities for improvement but contented themselves with brin brining bringing ing the natives into the church and guli tuil building guilding ding chapels and convents one chapter la Is devoted to the bibliography of californian Califor nian history the labors of the historian may way be b e measurably appreciated by a perusal of this chapter nis lils list of authorities for this part of his work alone comprises titles of books pamphlets newspapers printed documents articles and manuscripts the public blia bila archives of the spanish and 31 mexican e bican government in california have been copied transcripts of the I 1 mission records have been made records kept by mexican officials and retained in their faini families fles have been I 1 hunted up living pioneers have been sought out and their personal relation of events taken down and the proceedings ce of public bodies and societies of different rinds kinds have been consulted I 1 altogether te most thorough aud and complete inquiry evex ever sye lyv I 1 mado mude into the history of any auy state kir the discovery of california and the bay 1 at ofsan san ban francisco is made a prominent ine lne tit ferel feature c lu in this volume the establishment lish ment of spanish nite rule in california Cal fornia is dilated upon nils Blis mission slon sion progress and pueblo soundings foun dings local events lore foreign I 1 re relations latious indian affairs statis sta statistics ties EF industries dus tries and institutions mul mua manufactures agriculture etc etc are the literary skill and aua reidar kable kabie powers of the writer in condensing into this volume of 7 ril rii 14 pages the authentic data ot at years are displayed ln in a manner to call forth astonishment and admiration the volume closes close with a full list of the male maie inhabitants of the province of california from 1769 1760 down to iw isoo the names have been gath gathered garnered ored ered ened ed from hlis blis mission registers company rosters and thousands thousand sor of documents alth aith although ought it t may contain some errors er sections the historian declares it tet 9 doub doubted tet tel if so gam complete et a a list of the earliest inhabitants can be formed for any other state of the united states or mexico 11 california has reason to be proud of such a history and such an historian the history of the pacific states will rank among the greatest literary achievements of the age published by A L bancroft co san francisco |