Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. 



This publication was projected on a very broad basis, 

 including, in its scope, &quot;Historical, natural and medical 

 arts and sciences: industry, agriculture, education, and 

 every useful information&quot;, as the reader is informed on 

 the title-page. Bight numbers are believed to have 

 appeared, at irregular intervals. Of these we have seen 

 a copy of the first number, in the library of Colonel 

 R. T. Durrett; the additional numbers have been noted 

 and abstracted in the library of Harvard University. 

 The work comprises a total of some two hundred and 

 twelve pages, and is mainly made up of short articles by 

 Rafinesque, with an occasional item added by some other 

 writer [?]. It is curious rather than valuable. Follow 

 ing are the contents of the complete periodical, so far 

 as Rafinesque is known to have contributed to it. 



In Number i : 



(1) Latent Knowledge, p. i. 



( 2 ) First Letter to Champollion on the Graphic systems of Amer 



ica, and the Glyphs of Otolum or Palenque, in Central 

 America, pp. 4-6. 



(3) Tabular View of the American Generic Languages, and Origi 



nal Nations, pp. 6-8. 



(4) The Atlantic Nations of America, pp. 8-10. 



(5) Results of the Experiments of Recluz on the Fixed Oils. 



pp. 12, 13. 



(6) Confirmation of the Important Discovery of the property of 



Sulphur in Trees to destroy all Insects preying on them, 

 pp. 13, 14. 



