Miscellanies. 409 
With regard to the individuals engaged in the undertaking, it is 
sufficient to say, that among the most prominent are those to whom 
Mr. Wheaton acknowledges his indebtedness, and of whom he speaks 
in terms of commendation. They were, many years previous to the 
appearance of his valuable publication, occupied with the task, and 
they have been diligently engaged therewith ever since its appear- 
ance, which was more than five years ago. 
During the Jatter period, many important discoveries have been 
made in Greenland and Iceland, bearing upon our history ; the vast 
collections of manuscripts in Copenhagen have been more critically 
examined ; collections so extensive that the life of no one individual 
would be sufficiently protracted to enable bim to make a thorough: 
examination of them, and consequently could only be mastered by 
a union of effort, like that which has been devoted toit. In addition 
to other materials to which the Society has had access, are “not a 
Sew parchment codices, never before employed or even known to exist.” 
t may be necessary to add once more, for the information of those 
who have not seen the original prospectus, that the work here alluded 
to, “will be published in the original Icelandic, with accompanying 
Latin and Danish versions, and will be furnished with a critical ap- 
paratus of variorum readings, explanatory notes, (in Latin,) with one 
chronological and several genealogical tables, and geographical and 
archeological disquisitions respecting the first landing places and 
earliest settlements of the Northmen in America, and the vestiges of 
their migration to, and sojourn in this country ; disquisitions towards 
which material assistance has been furnished by several men of sci- 
ence and erudition in the United States. A summary of the work, 
in English, or French, will be delivered gratis to the subscribers ; its 
size to be regulated by their number. ‘The work will consist of one 
volume royal quarto, and will be furnished, in America, at twelve 
dollars per copy, including the freight from Denmark to New York 
or Boston. Forty copies have beet — off on thick imperial 
vellum, at a proportionally higher price.” 
Individuals wishing the work, may transmit their names and ad- 
dress to the subscriber. 
Subjoined are the extracts to which we called your attention. 
Respectfully yours, 
Tuomas H. Wess. 
Providence, September 12, 1836. 
Vou. AAAI NO. 2. 52 
