Name/Title
"SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY," NOVEMBER 1878 TO APRIL 1879Entry/Object ID
2004.66.1.1Description
"SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY," NOVEMBER 1878 TO APRIL 1879
Color: Black; Blue
A bound volume of "Scribner's Monthly," Volume 17, November 1878 to April 1879. The 920-page volume has a blue pebbled cloth cover with black faux leather corner plates and a black library binding protector at the spine and wrapping around to the covers. In addition to the general run of travelogues, literature, poetry, articles on current events and the like, there is an article on meadows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California by naturalist John Muir on page 478, an article on Madame Modjeska, the actress, who later had a home in present Orange County, on page 665, an article on California mountain lakes by Muir on page 411, another piece on mountain passes in the Sierras by Muir on page 644, and items referred to as "Studies in the Sierra" by Muir in five issues. There is also a poem by Californian Bret Harte on page 38. There are library markings in the volume, as well. With cover edge and corner rubbing, dented corners, soiling, and small tears, as well as page acid burns, brittleness, discoloration, flaking, and wear, the condition is fair.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), Scribner & Co., Poetry, American, Mountains--California, Lakes--California, Meadows--California, California--Description and travelLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)