Popular edition of the second volume of Kelly's two-volume "An Excursion to California over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada." With a Stroll Through the Diggings and Ranches of that Country, published in 1851; here reprinted as Vol. IV of "The Bookcase" series (Volume I of the Kelly title was the first in the series). Kelly's wanderings took him to the major districts of the Northern Mines, including the Trinity Mountains, and quicksilver mines near San Jose. Kurutz notes that he "observed the Indians; remnants of the Spanish and Mexican pueblos, ranchos and missions; and the bustling and frenetic life of San Francisco." Cowan p. 326; Howes K68; Wagner-Camp 200:3.