261 pp. Illustrated with 6 wood-engraved plates by Charles Nahl. (8vo), black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

"Written in the form of an allegory, this work gives many details of Californian life. The author, a clergyman, was the founder of the Congregational church in California, having arrived in 1849. The plates...are apparently some of the earlier work of Charles Nahl..." - Greenwood. Cowan p. 48-9; Greenwood 378; Kurutz 49.