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173. Webber, Chaeles Wilkins : 



Romance of Natural History; or Wild Scenes and 

 Wild Hunters. 8vo. ; pp. 1-8, 17-610. Philadelphia, 



1852. 

 An abridgment of the author's Wild Scenes and Wild 

 Hunters, 1851, and also issued under the title The hunter 

 naturalist; also published as The Romance of forest and 

 prairie life; narrative of perilous adventures # wild hunting 

 scenes (H. Vizetelly. London, 1853). Gives an anecdote of 

 meeting Audubon on a canal boat in Pennsylvania, when he was 

 returning from the Upper Missouri in 1843 (see No. 149) and 

 is quoted here for no other reason. 



174. Audubon, John Woodhouse: 



Illustrated notes of an expedition through Mexico 

 and California. Pp. 1-48, 4 plates, plain or colored. 

 J. W. Audubon. New York, 1852. Reprinted as Ex- 

 tra Number 41 of The Magazine of History, with Notes 

 and Queries. Pp. 1-83, 4 colored plates (including 

 frontispiece). W. Abbatt. Tarrytown, 1915. 

 It was planned to issue this work monthly in ten numbers, 

 if it should receive sufficient public support. The drawings are 

 exquisitely reproduced, and as works of art are deserving of 

 the highest praise. See No. 219. 



175. A[nna]. A[tkins].: 



Memoir of J. G. Children, Esq., including some un- 

 published poetry of his father and himself. Printed for 

 private distribution. Pp. 1-314. Westminster, 1853. 

 Refers to Audubon's relations with Children, and to his 

 naming of "Sylvia childreni," which later proved to be an error. 



176. Nolte, Vincent : 



Fifty Years in both Hemispheres: or Reminiscences 

 of a Merchant's Life. London, 1854. 



