Top of page

Book/Printed Material The new and the old; or, California and India in romantic aspects New and the old / California and India in romantic aspects

About this Item

Title

  • The new and the old; or, California and India in romantic aspects

Other Title

  • New and the old
  • California and India in romantic aspects

Summary

  • John Williamson Palmer (1825-1906), a Maryland physician, came to California in 1849 and left the following year for Hawaii and the Far East. In 1853 he settled in New York and pursued a new career as a writer, a career interrupted by his service in the Confederate Army and resumed in peacetime. The new and the old (1859) is divided equally between ancedotes of his medical practice in San Francisco in 1849 with colorful (and probably fictionalized) tales of a few of his friends and patients (including Karl Joseph Krafft) and similar tales drawn from his stay in India.

Names

  • Palmer, John Williamson, 1825-1906
  • Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York : Rudd & Carleton, 1859.

Headings

  • -  California--Social life and customs
  • -  India--Social life and customs
  • -  Women--California
  • -  Law--Political aspects--California

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-06-04 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ael 2020-10-08 update (1 card)

Medium

  • xiv p., 2 l., [19]-433 p. : incl. front., illus., pl. ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F864 .P17

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 03028206

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

General Notice and Restriction Statement: The Library of Congress is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or other rights holders (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.

While the Library is not aware of any U.S. copyright or any other restrictions in this collection, some content may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.), and/or the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations. Additionally, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by privacy and/or publicity rights.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, [appropriate source division as described in the bibliographic record]. For example: Library of Congress, General Collections; or, Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Palmer, John Williamson, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. The new and the old; or, California and India in romantic aspects. New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1859. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/03028206/.

APA citation style:

Palmer, J. W. & Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. (1859) The new and the old; or, California and India in romantic aspects. New York: Rudd & Carleton. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/03028206/.

MLA citation style:

Palmer, John Williamson, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. The new and the old; or, California and India in romantic aspects. New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1859. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/03028206/>.