Constantino Samuel Rafinesque. 145 



Samuel Latham Mitchill, with which Rafinesque was 

 familiar. He had contributed a number of articles to 

 Doctor Mitchill s journal, itself a magazine of the broad 

 est character. Rafinesque, as editor of the &quot;Specchw&quot;, 

 appears to have been almost the sole contributor. The 

 journal is mentioned in the &quot;Precis des Decouvertes et 

 Travaux Somiologiques &quot; on page four, as follows: &quot;J ai 

 entrepris depuis le commencement de cette annee la 

 redaction d un Journal letteraire (le seule en son genre 

 ici) dont je public un numero tons les mois, sous le 

 titre de Specchio delle Scienze o Giornale Enciclo- 

 pedico di Sicilia etc&quot;. With the end of the year it 

 ceased to exist. 



To Doctor G. Brown Goode, Assistant Secretary of 

 the National Museum, I am indebted for the full title 

 of this work. He has also kindly made from it the 

 list of separate titles, which are here given. The last 

 number of the second volume is wanting in the Smith 

 sonian Library, and Doctor Goode has supplied the 

 data from other sources. The articles by Rafinesque 

 are as follows : 



( i ) Manifesto [della &quot; Specchio delle Scienze &quot;]. I. pp. 3-6. 



This is dated Palermo, September 15, 1813. &quot;It is 

 a very elaborate plan for an encyclopedic journal, which 

 the editor hopes may become world-wide in its influence&quot; 



(Goode). 



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