Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. 



product of an overweening vanity, which is further 

 supported by the fact that the narrative is constantly 

 in the first person. It is well, however, to remember 

 that this book was originally written in the form of 

 personal reminiscences to his sister, in whom Rafinesque 

 appears to have taken great interest. This will explain 

 the constant use of the pronoun of the first person. 

 The book is exasperating in a very peculiar way, since 

 very many facts which we wish to know most are 

 omitted entirely. The work should be read by every 

 one desiring to form a just estimate of Rafinesque s 

 earlier scientific work. 



184. Bulletin of the Historical and Natural Sciences. No. 3. Phil 



adelphia, May, 1836. pp. 17-24. 24mo. 



A copy of this Bulletin, which is but one of a series 

 of advertising pamphlets &quot; distributed gratis&quot;, may be 

 seen bound in with &quot;The American Nations&quot;, of which 

 it is a prospectus, in the Bates Hall, Boston Public 

 Library. A number of these tracts appeared at differ 

 ent times, irregularly, but are consecutively numbered; 

 they possess no real value. 



185. The World, | or | Instability. | A Poem. | In twenty parts. | With 



notes and illustrations. | * * * | | Philadelphia & London: 



| * * * | 1836. (8vo, pp. 1-248.) 



