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certain facts or factors that have been deemed of use 

 to accomplish the same result. It is hoped that this list, 

 which has been somewhat carefully prepared, will prove 

 useful to men of science who are interested in the his 

 torical phase of their special subjects. 



Those who are somewhat familiar with the writings 

 of Rafinesque will not find, in this bibliography, certain 

 titles which are quoted by him in one or another of his 

 papers, and which they must have noticed. It appears 

 to have been a custom with him to prepare formal papers 

 and forward them to journals, magazines, and societies; 

 this constituted &quot;publication&quot; in his conception, and 

 some of these memoirs and essays are quoted by him 

 as having appeared. It is often quite difficult indeed 

 to separate these titles from those which really were 

 printed; but where specific journals are mentioned by 

 him it is quite easy to make the discrimination. A case 

 in point is a paper on &quot;The Chinese Nations&quot;, said by 

 Rafinesque to have been published in the Knickerbocker 

 Magazine for 1834. The article never appeared. Simi 

 lar instances might be multiplied; it is only necessary 

 that extreme care be employed lest these fictitious works 

 and titles shall mislead others who may desire a more 

 intimate personal acquaintance with the late epoch of 

 Rafinesque s literary career, the period of vagaries. 



