Phoenixiana: Or Sketches and BurlesquesGeorge Horatio Derby (1823-1861) of Massachusetts graduated from West Point in 1846 and served in the Army Topographical Engineers at Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo before being sent to California in 1856. He remained there for seven years, leading three exploring expeditions and winning a place as one of the state's first humorists with pieces published in the San Diego Herald and republished around the nation. Phoenixiana (1903) reprints a book originally published in 1855. It contains Derby's pieces as "Professor John Phoenixiana" and "Squibob," poking fun at such topics as military surveyors and explorers; contemporary travel accounts of the Mission Dolores, Benecia, Sonoma, San Francisco, and San Diego; literary societies and women's clubs; astronomy; and Army life. |
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... SOCIETY , AND CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 176 • I THE LADIES ' RELIEF SOCIETY Extraordinary Proceedings - Strong - xiv CONTENTS.
... SOCIETY , AND CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 176 • I THE LADIES ' RELIEF SOCIETY Extraordinary Proceedings - Strong - xiv CONTENTS.
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Or Sketches and Burlesques George Horatio Derby. THE LADIES ' RELIEF SOCIETY Extraordinary Proceedings - Strong - minded Women - Phoenix horror - stricken at finding his wife among them - He swoons -Is discovered and is unceremoniously ...
Or Sketches and Burlesques George Horatio Derby. THE LADIES ' RELIEF SOCIETY Extraordinary Proceedings - Strong - minded Women - Phoenix horror - stricken at finding his wife among them - He swoons -Is discovered and is unceremoniously ...
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... societies . The solos were ren- dered by Herr Tuden Links , the recitations by Herr Von Hyden Schnapps , both performers being assisted by Messrs . John Smith and Joseph Brown , who held their coats , fanned them , and furnished water ...
... societies . The solos were ren- dered by Herr Tuden Links , the recitations by Herr Von Hyden Schnapps , both performers being assisted by Messrs . John Smith and Joseph Brown , who held their coats , fanned them , and furnished water ...
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... society , however , she was con- sidered an ill - used and persecuted lady , against whose high tone of morals and strictly virtuous conduct not a shadow of suspicion could be cast ; Vulcan , by the same parties , was considered a ...
... society , however , she was con- sidered an ill - used and persecuted lady , against whose high tone of morals and strictly virtuous conduct not a shadow of suspicion could be cast ; Vulcan , by the same parties , was considered a ...
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... society for years , but one by one our dearest treasures are snatched from us : the soot fell , and the stove - pipe has followed soot . On the night of the 31st of Dec. , a gale arose , per- fectly unexampled in its terrific violence ...
... society for years , but one by one our dearest treasures are snatched from us : the soot fell , and the stove - pipe has followed soot . On the night of the 31st of Dec. , a gale arose , per- fectly unexampled in its terrific violence ...
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