The Journal of San Diego History Winter 1979, Volume 25, Number 1 Thomas L. Scharf, Managing Editor Original Articles: San Diego's City Park 1902-1910: From Parsons To Balboa By Gregory Montes The Only Safe and Sane Method: The Curtiss School of Aviation By Gary F. Kurutz The Viceroy Marquis de Croix: A Biographical Sketch By Eric Beerman Book Reviews: Camp and Camino in Lower California By Arthur W. North. Reviewed by Lowell L. Blaisdell Baja California and Its Missions By Tomas Robertson. Reviewed by R. Coke Wood Tomol: Chumash Watercrafts as Described in the Ethnographic Notes of John P. Harrington Edited by Travid Hudson, Janice Timbrook and Melissa Rampe. Reviewed by Catherine A. Callaghan Manifesto to the Mexican Republic, which Brigadier General José Figueroa, Commandant and Political Chief of Upper California presents on his conduct and on that of José María de Híjar and José María Padrés as Directors of Colonization in 1834 and 1835 Translated by C. Alan Hutchinson. Reviewed by David Johnson Fig Tree ]ohn: An Indian in Fact and Fiction By Peter G. Beidler. Reviewed by Priscilla Ann Russo Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Probing the Oceans, 1936-1976 By Elizabeth Noble Shor. Reviewed by Robert E. Filner Polish Americans in California 1827-1977 and Who's Who Edited by Jacek Przygoda. Reviewed by Daniel E. Weinberg Letters from North America and Travels in Southern California By John Xántus. Reviewed by Peter W. van der Pas Cover: An art glass window depicting grapes and flowers in the Pink Room (Reception Room) of the Villa Montezuma. This and other colorful windows in the house represent the work of San Francisco craftsman John Mallon. Built in 1887 by author and musician Jesse Shepard, the Villa Montezuma was designed by architects Comstock and Trotsche and is a magnificent example of eclectic Victorian architecture. It has been operated as an historic house museum and community cultural center by the San Diego Historical Society since 1972.