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A WINTER IN CALIFORNIA. By. Mary H. Wills.

12mo, 90 cents; by mail, 99 cents.

Tells of the writer's sojourn on the Pacific coast and
gives many valuable hints to people intending to
journey thither. Unlike many books of travel, it
abounds in bright incidents and happy descriptions
of people and places. An interesting sketch is given
of "John Brown's" sons and their peculiar domestic
relations. The different characteristics of the queer
people with whom Mrs. Wills comes in contact are
touched upon with great humor and faithfulness to
nature, and the personal appearance of men and
women is quaintly described. The authoress also
gives an account of the life of H. H. (Helen Hunt
Jackson), who lived for so long a time in Santa
Barbara, and a delightful description of the old
Spanish mission church there. Many useful hints
are given as to the cost of living in this far-away
clime and about the Chinese, who are almost the
only servants there. The Yosemite Valley and Salt
Lake City are also visited by Mrs. Wills and her
account of the natural curiosity and the unnatural
wonder are very cleverly written. The book is bound
daintily and is easy to hold, and reading "A Winter
in California" is a pleasure to both mind and body.

Philadelphia Press.