Phœnixiana
by George Horatio Derby
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George 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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"The Publication committee of the Caxton club certifies that this copy of Derby's Phœnixiana, two volumes, is one of an edition consisting of one hundred and sixty-five copies on American hand-made paper and three copies on Japanese vellum, printed from type, and completed in the month of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven."
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