"Rational amusement in our midst"
Subtitle: public libraries in California, 1849-1859
By: by Hugh S. Baker.
Contributors: California Library Association.
Publisher: California Library Association
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Public libraries -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Cover title.
"Reprinted from the California Historical Society quarterly, volume XXXVIII, number 4, December 1959."