Arizona republican., 1905-01-16
nR. FARISH'S NEW BOOK
FavOrably Mentioned by the Press of
 the Country.

Hon. Thomas E. Farish's new book, "The Gold Hunters of California" is receiving the most favorable attention from the press or the country. The New York Sun, which seldom indulges in fiattery, has the following to say: "As a forty-niner, NIr Thomas Edwin Parish undoubtedly had the oppo-tu- luty to write a very interesting book fn The Gold Hunters of California; Unfortunately, too little space is given to his personal experiences"
 The St. Louis CIObe-DeTnocrat: A little volume which discovers no new field and tells no new tale, but which will interest unIiterary- folk because or it's genuineness. MT. Parish has evil dently been a forcy-niner. and he has retained many vivid impressions, which he has been able to set down with an unaffected pen"
 The Nashville Banner mentions that MT. Parish is native of Tennessee, and says: 'The story of the gold hunters of California in the latter for ties and the early fifties is always in teresting. and is well told in this vol unne by Hr. Parish He gives q sue cinct account of the gold discoveries and much about the r1en who became rich and prominent because of their success in the gold mining industry. The book abounds in anecdotes that Illuminate the character of the coun- try and the time"
 The Galveston News: "1'his is the story of California in the early days, during the excitement which followed the discovery of gold in 1845. The journey from Memphis to New Orleans NIld across the isthnus of Panama Is described. There is picture of San Francisco in 1852 The leading spirits of the place are given a chapter. There is chapter on politicians. their quar- rels and dUels, the part General Albert Sydney Johnson took in keeping Calf fornia from seeding. There Is an lic- count of the Caroline Chapman affair and the building of the Central Pacific railroad. There is a chapter on prom inent men, such as Mills, Sharon. Keene, Hearst. Mackay and others, and the great diamond swindle of Call fornia is given space"
 The New Orleans Picayune: "WklIe gold has been responsible for much evil in the world, it has also been the propelling force that has marked fhe most brilliant epochs of human prog ress. In this interesting volume the author traces the history of the gold hunters from the time they left their homes in the east and south on through their varied careers in Cali fornia.- Muct of the interesting earlier history of California is to be found n this story-and few will put the book aside, once they start to read of tlIa ''4S' gold rush of California"
 The Salt Lake Tribune gives a lengthy review of it, and says "ThIs is one of those absorbing recitals or personal experience of which the country has too few. It is told in n pleasant style. which is most effective. and as a record Of persons and i"ad- ing characters is Of high interest aud value. It abOunds in little stories, too, and in philosophical reflections that are both sound and sharp. The narra- tive of events flows along smoothly; the departure from the Tennessee home the trip to New Orleans. the passage of the gulf and Of the isthmus, the voyage up the west coast to San Francisco, the state of affairs there all is well told, and thence it is a rec ord of personal experience which none can fail to enjoy"