The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-25
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OFFICIAL Roll OF SAN FRANCISCO
Oscar I. Snuek. an attorney of this city,
whose taste runs to literature and CON-
pilaiion. has prepared and published a
book of 127 pages which is the result of
many months OF careful research among
the archives of this city since the time that
Captain John B. Montgomery took formal
possession of San Francisco, or Yerba
Buena, as it was then called. on the Sih of
July, 1876. The Official Roll'' is a COM
pleie list of all the officials that have ever
held Office from that time TO date in this
county. 1t gives the names of the AL
caIdes, the ames of those who composed
the two ayuntamientos. the names of the
city officers prior to the consolidation of
the city and county in 1856, a, of all who
Lave held office from that time to the pres
ent, together with the time each was in
Office. 1t is valuable book of reference.
Issued from the press Of Dempster Bros.
Price 81.
MICHAEL's CRAG, BY GRANT ALLEN
The writer long ago won a brilliant repu-
tation for his work on popular science, and
bids fair to make an equally high reputa-
ton In the DOMAIN OF storytelling. High
cliffs, reckless boy pushing over the edge
stones, that fall on two people walking
underneath, boy killed, the fathers skull
hurt. and a curious resulting monomania
that he is St. Michael. the Archangel.
with an exquisite love idyl interviewer,
form the subject-matter of the present
novel. The scene is laid in Cornwall and
its desolate and impressive landscapes, its
magnificent tors, its antiquity, aud the
bright braclng mosphere OF the land Of
Ire, Pol and Pen make telling setting
Tor The remorse of the thOughtlesS boy, the
s0llcltude OF the anxious wife to keep her
husbands mania a secret, and preserve
untouched and untarDished her daughters
love ldyl. No more exquisite pic ure of
woman's devotion and loving care could
be imagined. With scientific precision
and with humor too are laid bare the shams
that rule great corporations and incident
ally showing made that merit is not the
all-conquering quality that one is inclined
10 think. Tne style Of the novel is
bright, breezy, and retains the charm of
observation and illustration so conspicu-
GUS in the authors scientific work. The
book is profusely illustrated in black and
while so aptly that the thread .of the mar
rat:ye could easily be followed without
any text. New York: d. Appleton &
Co. For sale by the Bancroft Company
THE MECHANICS LIEN LAW OF CALI
FoRNIA.-This is the title of a neat little
volume of fifty-two pages treating exclu.
sively of the mechanics lien law of Cali
fnrnia. Ii is copiously annotated, and in
IL the contractor. sub-contractor, material
man and laborer will find form suited to
his particular case, by filing out and fling
which he can secure his lien without the
OF an attorney, while the
members of the legal profession will find it
q handy compendium OF this particular
branch of the law. with all thu amend
ments brought down To date. Published
by Reuben's Old Lawbook House, $50
Montgomery street.
"a GRAY EYE Or So."-This. novel, By
Frank f. Moore, treats of the usual sub
ject-fove-but the crisis is somewhat I'M
usual. The first chapters deal in abstract
questions, and the story all through lags
and is wanting in that steady movement to
an end which is equally requisite for
good drama and good story. There are,
however, very interesting situations deyel-
oped in the course of the story; as. for
instance. the LIBERATION of Cruis-Keen TO
satisfy the wishes of the landlord and
the visiting gentry, and the mental torture
of man about to commit wrong act and
his hesitations and changes Of resolution