The morning call., 1894-01-31
THE SUNSET STATE
It's Great Wonders Are
Described
By Some of the Best Writers and
Pictured by Many of the Best
Artists.

II there Is one thing In this world tnat nils
the human mind when 1t turns In Inc diiection
of pleasure or recreation more than anotBer IL
is the desire to travel 10 foreign places, 10 see
that which Is not before the eye day a1trr DAY,
TO learn what sight and sound Will eOmmuui-
cate about other communities, TO acquire
knowledge about the great wonders of nature
and of mans ingenuity and 10 carry Wltnin tho
memory a thousand and one things that VIII
furnish topics for conversation and pictures OF
the past that are always agreeable to look upon.
While this desire ills almost every human
being all are not In position 10 gfathy It's
either from want of time or OF the amount re-
Quired TO 60 from place 10 place. Ihose VINO
are so unfortunate as to be unable TO see WIN
their own eyes and hear with their own ears
that which they yearn for must content tnem-
selves with the accounts OF what others nave
seen and have described In print
The reading Of the observations OF others Is
productive Of satisfaction according TO the
merits OF the production placed before the
reader. One writer tells OF wonders or the
aWe-lnSplrlng Yosemite In manner SO cOH-
mOnDlace that II Is not productive OF any inter-
est. while another invests his description WIN
such nicety of detail that the reader lmaglhes
himself dt the place described and Tor tile time
fOrgeIs that he Is looking at cold print. / ne
same Is applicable to pictures. Cheap photo
graphs that are wanting IN tone and clearness
fail TO give even an idea OF what Is intended TO
be portrayed, ana still cheaper artotypes that
are dim in outline and often blurred 90 not
convey full and true view OF that which Is
sublime; but picture that Is drawn by true
artist, with the purpose OF bringing out the
strongest features and giving most compIe-
henslve Idea OF subject, be lt landscape,
mountain, marine view or still lIfr, Will please
the eye and fill the soul with admiI alton for the
one who has drawn or painted IL.
There are thousands who annually leave the
nited States Tor Europe so that they may nave
an opportunity 10 gaze upon the far famed Alps
of Switzerland, with its wonderful lakes, Como,
Lucerne and others, and look at the pass over
which the great Napoleon tramp6d across with
his army but they forget that in their own
country there are scenes far grander than al
most any that can be seen In the most romantic
part OF the European continent; they forget
that there is the State of California with its
MOUNTAINS that are clad with perennial green;
Its Lake Tahoe. alongside or which the noun
tain sheets OF the old country sink into inslg-
niiicance, its grand and majestic snowcapped
Sierras, its wonderful Mount Shasta that has
gained for 1t adulaliOn from European tourists.
Its forest of gigantic SeQuOias that are not dupll
Gated In any part OF the explored world, lis
beautiful mountains and lakes OF Lake County;
the county that has been given the name OF
"the Switzerland OF America-only grander,
its ever praised Yosemite Valley. its grand
northern and southern citrus belts and
thousands of other glorles that have made this
the paradise OF the United States.
All that is desirable to be known about these
things OF the great and most extraordinary
Sunset State OF the Union, by those VINO cannot
view them In person, can be found In the edi-
tiOn OF picturesque California" that Is now be-
ing issued iortnightly In parts by The CALL.
The descriptive portion OF this work, the finest
ever presented TO the public IN any city, Is from
the pens OF the most Intelligent and fascinating
descriptive writer's OF the age, and IL Is not out
of place TO say right here that California writ
ers have been acknOwedg q TO be among the
most entertaining and instlu ucIve OF all. What
they have written for this very elegant work is
charming description OF all the wonders OF
this wonderful State and its capacity, it's pro-
ductiveness, its charms OF climate, its scenery,
Its wonders that are not 10 be found elsewhere,
Its orange groves, Its wbeatneds, some or
which are as large as some of the States OF the
Union, It's mines, its floral beauties which are
in bloom from the first to the last of the year;
It's fruits, some OF which can always be found
in our markets, aud OF all that 60 TO make the
people feel proud TO declare, I'VE are Califor.
Mans"
These descriptions are as entertaining to all
classes OF readers as are the stories OF Robin
son Crusoe and the Arabian Nights TO the
young, and they written In style that
leaves a lasting impression on the memory, and
he must indeed be dull individual who can
read the text OF pic ureSque California" and
not be able after having done so TO talk about
the places he has read of with as much assur-
ance as If he had seen them with his own eyes.
One charm OF the work is the accuracy of what
il presents.
The pictures that are in this work are with
out question The most artistic that have ever
been offered. They are not dun and dimmed
productions that do not give an idea of what Is
sought TO be impressed on the observer, nor
es'ing as they are ugly, nor are they wood cuts,
done by wood-buteber with broadax, but
they are drawn by artists who have repula-
tion at stake and who are anxious TO shine In
their particular line. Every picture is gem
and 1t gives all the artistic effects that the SUD-
1ect presents In nature, and there is not a pic
lure in the whole book that Is not worthy of
frame of gold.