The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-04-07

Tie CalifOTEiaa is the title of q monthly maya
zine, published in San Francisco, OF which We
have now seen two numbers, and which, as its
indicates, appears to be the work OF writers
of and for the % western slope" The great and
populols portion OF the United States lying on
this side of the Sierras has developed character
istics of its own, and decided individuality in
these characteristics which prepare TO expect,
II magazine claiming to represent the newer
side OF the continent strong leaveuing of local
peculiarities and preponderance Of such matter
as relies for its interest upon the circumstances
and associations OF the west The Californian Is
true TO the surrounding or Its birth, and has at
the same time introduced itself IN such shape as
TO be fair eOmpeer OF the older similar periodi-
Gals of the United States and England: It's earlier
papers bear In some few cases the mark of prob
ably unrried authorship: but some of them are so
we'll prepared as to rather discredit the modest
disclaimer of literary pretensiOn which Is made III
a paragraph Introducing the stranger"
Several papers OF m1ch interest relating to Cali
fornIan history and circumstance marx these first
numbers: one. narrating passage of ancient
western history which reads like romance. recalls
one of those self-denying efforts and lis motives
TO which the California street merchant, the Ne
vada miner and the farmer of San Joaquin are IN
debted foE their present opportunities: It tells of
the building Of the first ship on this coast, the
II TriuHfO de Ia Cruz BIZ Father Juan Ogarte In
I7I9 and of the difficulties overcome by this brave
missionary of religion and civilization. modern
aud more scientific phase of the same effort after
the public veal is described II an article by.
George Davidson entitled :. the Pacific Coast and
Geodetic Surveys to which sequel Is promised.
Fiction which seems to be a loOked-for element
IN . miscellaneous magazine everywhere In the
California; IS for the most part very local In char
acter, and the spIul predoInInates OF winch Bret
Hzrte and John Hay are apostles short
story of an old sea-dOg Is picturesque and pet
~ and the commencement Of tale called Sand
interests The reader IN adventures which are prob
ably to befall hero Of The muscular christianity
m a for vrefdIucr-tsetlg
or at least some iollty other as the reward for
reading fiction and for tales OF the Les mlssra-
bles 3" cizss -c confess 10 want Of appreciation,
while the opium field has been tOlsrably well
occupisd bv De Quincy and Poe From these
We turu With pleasure 10 the observation and
clever EoEd-paInting she=n N the picture OF : 4
phantom city" the San Francisco skies By night
an epic which must attract even those 20 whom
fOgs are things OF heaTsay-Or OF upland Hawaii
San franciscan ssthetlcs- 1t appears. are not
without thar critics: the writer OF The bssts'1t
IhesPsaH Is rather an apoiozL5s ior the ideas OF
those who IN the PREDATORY paragraph before
alluded 10 are called the :. hard headed and prsc-
ticzl business men :: but Il Is 20 be hoped tna.
proper hardness Of skull may not be inconsistent
with Gentleness OF taste: on the Othez hand 4
paper entitled Music - study " states truly
1oz very badly treated IS the most enchanting OF
the fine arts We fear that the structures OF Ar-
Wei would sometimes find q marx II our own
midst for Is the term music Lnore Ins-used
than when It Is employed as a synonym fOE man
uzl dexrerit7: and a million or two Of deEni-
ssmiquavers crowded into i've UliHltes may aston
Ish the savage breast but vii not succeed N
soothing Il unless By exhaustion Pope has how
ever. touched upon the po-er OF n1sIc N his
= Ode foT 81. Ceciiia's Day: and Ee will leave
the subject II his hands
An instructive and interesting paper On Plztt-
deutsch poerrT reminding Us how great an amount
Of interesting literature uIust appear as old pro
TIncial petoIs yield 20 tbs cs1Szzllzng Languages
Of modern Civilization, appears II the February
nuraber: so does political article by : young
southener explaining the relative positions of the
negro. the cazpet-bazqer and the old zristocrzt,
and aIlndirg EIEh southern loyalty 70 the confed-
erate vIe=s Of qEkStions at Issne-
Space does not allow Us to do more than rnen-
ton notices entitled q 4 nnOdern author" and
Isolated poets7 the enth1sizstic creed Of Cali
fornizn EIne-drInker, OF the arnrsineiy frud1te
essay entitled On with the dance 2; and we are
conscio1s that IN concluding We fail to speak Of
other contributions, not excepting so1ne whose
merit il hzIfhidden IN the small print Of out
crDppines,- and including such tuneful little
song "a my tz0abadoEr,S o4 quite sufficient
ability to make verJ deserving the claim Of the