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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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• Official Report of Professor John Phœnix, A. M. 13

  • Of a Military Survey and Reconnoissance of the Route from San Francisco
    to the Mission of Dolores, made with a view to ascertain the
    practicability of connecting those points by a Railroad.

• A New System of English Grammar, 32

• Musical Review Extraordinary, 42

  • Theatrical Criticism—The Performance of Tarbox's “Ode Symphonie,”
    “The Plains,” at the San Diego Odeon.

• Lectures on Astronomy, 51

  • Introductory—Chapter I. The Sun. Chapter II. Mercury, Venus, the
    Earth, the Moon.

• Pistol Shooting—A Counter Challenge, 67

• Antidote for Fleas, 71

• Phœnix at the Mission Dolores, 73

• Squibob in Benicia, 78

• Squibob in Sonoma, 85

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• Squibob in San Francisco, 89

• Phœnix Installed Editor of the San Diego Herald, 95

  • His Salutatory—Mr. Kerren and the Chaplain—The Squire's Story—Advertises
    for a Library—The Comedy of Errors—Interview between
    Governor Bigler and Judge Ames—The San Diego Boys run forty-eight
    hours—Phœnix advertises for a Servant—An apt Quotation—
    Charley Poole's Water—“Many a Slip 'tween the Cup and the Lip”
    —Discourses on Matters Political—Receives a Communication from
    “Leonidas”—Comments thereon—An incident of the Election—A
    Game of Poker—Courageous Attack on a Spaniard—A Syllogism—
    Return of the Editor—Phœnix's Valedictory—Defends his erratic Editorial
    course, and finally turns Democrat—Interview between the
    Editor and Phœnix—Desperate Personal Encounter, in which both
    parties get badly beaten—The matter amicably settled “without prejudice
    to the honor of either party.”

• Illustrated Newspapers, 116

  • Phœnix issues an Illustrated edition of the Herald—Magnificent and
    costly engravings, including the celebrated first interview between
    Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Duchess of Sutherland—
    Landseer's View of a San Diego Ranch.

• Sandyago—A Soloquy, 124

• Fourth of July Celebration in San Diego, 126

  • Procession—Oration—Dinner, &c.

• Melancholy Accident, 129

  • Death of a Young Man—Mr. Mudge's Durge on the Deth of the Same—
    Also an Epitaff.

• Second, Third and Fourth Editions of the Pictorial Herald, 133

• A Full Account of the Formation of the San Francisco Antiquarian
  Society, and California Academy of Arts and
  Sciences, 138

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• The Ladies' Relief Society, 146

  • Extraordinary Proceedings—Strong-minded Women—Phœnix horror-stricken
    at finding his wife among them—He swoons—Is discovered
    and is unceremoniously kicked out of the Room.

• Inauguration of the New Collector of Customs, in San Francisco.
  Tremendous Excitement! 151

• Squibob “Down on” Street Introductions 161

• Squibob at the Play, 165

  • What he saw and heard there—Another Squibob in the Field—The original
    is killed by the Evening Journal—An instructive Fable.

• The Literary Contribution Box, 172

  • Lines to Lola Montes.

• A Very Mournful Chapter, 176

  • Giving the particulars of Squibob's Death—A Spiritual Medium experimenting
    with the Corpse—Judge Edmonds thrown completely
    in the shade—Startling Manifestations—Squibob Resurrected!—His
    Last Words—He expires for the last time “positively without reserve.”

• Return of the Collector from Stockton, 181

  • Thrilling and Frantic Excitement among Office-Seekers—Procession and
    Speech.

• Phœnix Takes an Affectionate Leave of San Francisco, 188

• Phœnix is on the Sea, 194

  • The Steamer Northerner—Capt. Isham—Dick Whiting, the ne plus ultra
    of Steamboat Captains—The Downfall of a brace of “Snobs”—
    Curses, loud and deep—Arrival at San Diego.

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• Phœnix in San Diego, 201

  • Description of the Plaza—Prediction as to its Future Importance—Old
    Town—Who he met there, and what he thought of them, &c., &c.

• Camp Reminiscences, 209

  • Dennis Mulligan and the Owl—A Dinner; choice of Dishes—Col. S—
    at Church, thinking aloud—Col. Magruder's Serenade Party: “My
    name is Jake Keyser.”

• John Phœnix to the “Pioneer,” 216

  • Pulaski Jacks—Call and Tuttle—The Washington Ladies' Depository.

• Review of New Books, 220

  • Life and Times of Joseph Brower the elder.

• Phœnix at Benicia, 229

  • The Methodist Elder—Dr. Tushmaker's Invention—Its Application—
    Fatal Consequences—Maritime Anecdote—The Schooner “Two Susans”
    and Miss Tarbox.

• Lectures on Astronomy (Continued), 236

  • Correspondence—Mars—Jupiter—Saturn — Herschel — Neptune—The
    Asteroids—The Fixed Stars.

• A Legend of the Tehama House, 254

• Interesting Correspondence, 270