II.--WESTWARD, HO! 1853 6 III.--NEW YORK--NICARAGUA--THE GOLDEN GATE, 1853 14 IV.--FIRST ADVENTURES IN LOS ANGELES, 1853 27 V.--LAWYERS AND COURTS, 1853 45 VI.--MERCHANTS AND SHOPS, 1853 60 VII.--IN AND NEAR THE OLD PUEBLO, 1853 80 VIII.--ROUND ABOUT THE PLAZA, 1853-1854 97 IX.--FAMILIAR HOME-SCENES, 1854 112 X.--EARLY SOCIAL LIFE, 1854 128 XI.--THE RUSH FOR GOLD, 1855 146 XII.--THE GREAT HORSE RACE, 1855 157 XIII.--PRINCELY _RANCHO_ DOMAINS, 1855 166 XIV.--ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS, 1856 189 XV.--SHERIFF BARTON AND THE _BANDIDOS_, 1857 204 XVI.--MARRIAGE--THE BUTTERFIELD STAGES, 1858 220 XVII.--ADMISSION TO CITIZENSHIP, 1859 240 XVIII.--FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE TELEGRAPH, 1860 260 XIX.--STEAM-WAGON--ODD CHARACTERS, 1860 274 XX.--THE RUMBLINGS OF WAR, 1861 289 XXI.--HANCOCK--LADY FRANKLIN--THE DELUGE, 1861 299 XXII.--DROUGHTS--THE _ADA HANCOCK_ DISASTER, 1862-1863 310 XXIII.--ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN, 1864-1865 328 XXIV.--H. NEWMARK & COMPANY--CARLISLE-KING DUEL, 1865-1866 342 XXV.--REMOVAL TO NEW YORK, AND RETURN, 1867-1868 359 XXVI.--THE CERRO GORDO MINES, 1869 379 XXVII.--COMING OF THE IRON HORSE, 1869 393 XXVIII.--THE LAST OF THE VIGILANTES, 1870 408 XXIX.--THE CHINESE MASSACRE, 1871 421 XXX.--THE WOOL CRAZE, 1872-1873 437 XXXI.--THE END OF VASQUEZ, 1874 452 XXXII.--THE SANTA ANITA _RANCHO_, 1875 472 XXXIII.--LOS ANGELES & INDEPENDENCE RAILROAD, 1876 485 XXXIV.--THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, 1876 496 XXXV.--THE REVIVAL OF THE SOUTHLAND, 1877-1880 509 XXXVI.--CENTENARY OF THE CITY--ELECTRIC LIGHT, 1881-1884 525 XXXVII.--REPETTO AND THE LAWYERS, 1885-1887 546 XXXVIII.--THE GREAT BOOM, 1887 564 XXXIX.--PROPOSED STATE DIVISION, 1888-1891 588 XL.--THE FIRST _FIESTAS_, 1892-1897 602 XLI.--THE SOUTHWEST ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 1898-1905 616 XLII.--THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE, 1906-1910 633