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don, Havell," Athenaum, vol. for 1834, p. 350 (May 

 10). London, 1834. 



At the same time was also reviewed Part ii of A Manual of 

 the Ornithology of the United States, by Thomas Nuttall. 



(ANON.): 



"The Birds of America. By J. J. Audubon, F.R.S., 



F.L.S. Parts XLI, XLII, XLIII. London, Havell," 



Athenaum, vol. for 1834, pp. 653-654. London, 1834. 



Describes the Wood Duck (Plate ccvi) as perfect, and com- 



pliments the engraver, Robert Havell, on "the accuracy with 



which he has appreciated and retained the spirit of the origi- 



nals." 



123. (ANON.) HALL, JAMES: 



"American Ornithology," The Western Monthly 

 Magazine, vol. ii, ,pp. 337-350 (July). Cincinnati, 

 1834. 



A comparative review of the ornithological works of Alex- 

 ander Wilson, Thomas Nuttall, and John James Audubon, 

 very laudatory of the first two but condemnatory of the last, 

 by Judge Hall, whose brother, Harrison Hall, was an inter- 

 ested publisher of Wilson's work. "How shall we venture to 

 dissent from the almost unanimous expression of public senti- 

 ment, which has set him [Audubon] up as a sort of 'greatest 

 and best,' against whom to speak in dispraise, would be a spe- 

 cies of treason. Yet it must be done, and it is our vocation 

 to do it : the critic must not be silent when the interests of sci- 

 ence require, and the honor of his country demands, that he 

 should proclaim the truth ...... The exaggerations con- 



tained in these sketches ["Episodes"] are such as to weaken 

 our confidence in the entire work." 



124. BACHMAN, JOHN: 



"Retrospective Criticism. Remarks in defence of 

 the Author of the Birds of America," London's Maga- 



