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tent blacking. Of this work the professor says in his introduction, 

 " It will be of a strikingly novel character, and must be left to 

 speak for itself; to deserve, by its own intrinsic value and merit, 

 the patronage which it claims from all the friends of knowledge, 

 education, and learning." We shall now treat the friends of 

 knowledge, education, and learning, with the promised extracts. 

 " This Journal will be sent to several distinguished individuals." — " All those 

 who shall keep it, will be put on the subscription list, and they are requested to 

 pay the account to our agents, of which a list shall be given in our second num- 

 ber : unless they subscribe for the whole first volume, and remit us direct two 

 dollars." 



Hence we infer that the " distinguished individuals" who have 

 been thus favoured, will be made to pay one dollar, unless they 

 prefer the accommodating alternative of paying two. 



One of his advertisements on the cover is addressed to " Euro- 

 pean readers," and announces that he has appointed three 

 agents in London, and four in Paris : then comes an advertise- 

 ment for a paper-maker, one for a printer, and another for a pub- 

 lisher. The following is a fine specimen of the encouragement he 

 has to offer to them: — 



" Wanted. — Two travelling agents to procure subscriptions, sell books, and 

 collect money. None need apply but such as can give undoubted security. Ap- 

 ply at the office of the Atlantic Journal." 



But the following advertisement settles for ever the genus to 

 which Professor Rafinesque belongs : 



" Mr.DicAt Specific for the Consumptiox. — A safe and efficient remedy for 

 this fatal disease, has been discovered by an eminent Botanist and Pulmist of 

 Philadelphia, Professor of Medical Botany, &c. It has effected several wonderful 

 cures, and already cured or relieved seven hundred persons from Boston to New 

 Orleans. It is a mild, fragrant and palatable remedy, purely vegetable, which 

 some patients become quite fond of; it is calculated for this disease only, but sus- 

 ceptible of many preparations and modifications to suit (and apply to) all the va- 

 rious cases. It is called the PULMEL ; with it are prepared a Syrup for common 

 use, and a Balsam for inhalation. A Pamphlet on the Pulmel is given gratis. A 

 work called the Pjilmist, or ..Irt to Cure tlie Consumption, has been published as a 

 guide. Dr. RAFINESQUE, the proprietor, practices exclusively as a Pulmist in 

 diseases of the lungs, and is very successful. He sends ample consultations on 

 specific cases to any part of the United States, and has thus cured many at a dis- 

 tance. Consultation alone $10, with the work and all the Pulmel needful for a 

 complete cure $25, will be sent any where on demand, and a remittance." 



Of the contents of this work, and of the pity they will excite 

 in all, an:l indignation in many — pity, for himself, and indigna- 

 tion at tills wanton attempt to disgrace the cause of knowledge, 



