The Journal of San Diego History Fall 1988, Volume 34, Number 4 Thomas L. Scharf, Editor Original Articles: San Diego and the Gilded Age: The Efforts to Bring the Texas and Pacific Ralroad to San Diego. By Rickey D. Best San Diego's Gardening Heritage: The Cultivation of Paradise on Earth. Forgotten Sentinel on Marston Point: The History of the San Diego Fire Alarm Communications Building. By Alex Bevil Book Reviews: Law and Community on the Mexican California Frontier: Anglo-Ameican Expatiriates and the Clash of Legal Traditions, 1821-1846. By David J. Langum. Reviewed by Clare V. McKanna. An Embarrassment of Riches: The Administrative History of Cabrillo National Monument. By Susan Collins Lehmann. Reviewed by Douglas H. Strong. A Disorderly House: The Brown - Unruh Years in Sacramento. By James R. Mills. Reviewed by Jackson K. Putnam. Junipero Serra's Legacy. By Martin Morgado. Reviewed by Eleanor A Neely. Book Notes: The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza. By Cleve Hallenbeck. Jessie Benton Fremont: A Biography. By Pamela Herra. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. By William H Emory. Gaspar de Portola: Explorer and Founder of California. By F. Boneau Companys. Translated and revised by Alan K. Brown The Presidio and Militia on the Northern Frontier of New Spain: A Documentary History, Volume One: 1570-1700. Edited by Thomas H. Naylor and Charles W. Polzer. The Making of Urban America. Edited by Raymond A. Mohl. Mexican American Biographies: A Historical Dictionary, 1836-1987. By Matt S. Meier. Public Places: Exploring their History. By Gerald A. Danzer. Early Days of Santa Barbara, California. By Walter A. Hawley.