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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Ludevyig (IT. E.) — Contimled. 



iu the attempt to render the work as perfect a8 

 possible, with what success must be left to 

 thejudgmentof those who can fairly appreciate 

 the labors of a pioneer in any new field of lit- 

 erary research." — Editor's advertisement. 



"Dr. Ludewig, though but little known in 

 this country [England], was held in consider- 

 able esteem as a. iurist, both in Germany and the 

 United States of America. Born at Dresden in 

 1809, with but little exception ho continued to 

 reside iu his native city until 1844, when he emi- 

 grated to America; but, though in both coun- 

 tries he practiced law as a profession, his bent 

 was the study of literary history, which was 

 evidenced by his ' Livre des Ana, Essai de 

 Catalogue Manuel,' published at his own cost 

 in 1837, and by his 'Bibliothekonomie,' which 

 appeared a few years later. 



" But even while thus eneaged he delighted 

 in investigating the rise and progress of the land 

 of his subsequent adoption, and his researches 

 into the vexed question of the origin of the peo- 

 pling of America gained him the highest consid- 

 eration, on both sides of the Atlantic, as a man 

 of original and inquiring mind. He was a 

 contributor to Naumanu's 'Serapasum;' and 

 among the chief of his contributions to that 

 journal may be mentioned those on 'American 

 Libraries,' on the 'Aids to American Bibliog- 

 raphy, ' and on the ' ]5ook Trade of the United 

 States of America.' In 1846 appeared his 'Lit- 

 erature of American Local History,' a work of 

 much importance and which required no small 

 amount of labor and iierseverance, owing to the 

 necessity of consulting the many and widely 

 scattered materials, which had to be sought out 

 from apparently the most unlikely channels. 



"These studies formed a natural introduc- 

 tion to the present work on ' The Literature of 

 American Aboriginal Languages,' which occu- 

 pied his leisure concurrently with the others, 

 and the printing of which was commenced in 



Ludewig (H. E.) — Continued. 



August, 1856, but which he did not live to see 

 launched upon the world ; for at the date of liis 

 death, on the 12th of December following, only 

 172 pages were in type. It had been a labor of 

 love with hirn for years ; and, if ever author 

 were mindful of the nonumprematurin annu^n, 

 he was when he deposited his manuscript in the 

 library of the Americau Ethnological Society, 

 diffident himself as to its merits and value on a 

 subject of such paramount interest. He had 

 satisfied himself that in due time the reward of 

 his patient industry might be the production of 

 some more extended national work on the sub- 

 ject, and with this he was contented ; for it was 

 a di.stinguishing feature in his character, not- 

 withstanding his great and varied knowledge 

 and brilliant acquirements, to disregard bis 

 own toil, even amounting to drudgery if need- 

 ful, if he could in any way assist the promul- 

 gation of literature and science. 



" Dr. Ludewig was a corresponding member 

 of many of the mo.st distinguished European 

 and American literary societies, and few men 

 were held in greater consideration b}^ scholars 

 both in America and Germany, as will readily be 

 acknowledged should his voluminous corre- 

 spondence ever see the light. In private life he 

 was distinguished by the best qualities which 

 endear a man's memory to those who survive 

 him: he was a kind and affectionate husband 

 and a sincere friend. Always accessible and 

 over ready to aidaud counsel those who applied 

 to him for advice upon matters pertaining to 

 literature, his loss will long be felt by a most 

 extended circle of friends, and in him Germany 

 mourns one of the best representatives of her 

 learned men in America, a genuiue type of a 

 class in which, witli singular felicity, to genius 

 of the highest order is combined a painstaking 

 and plodding per.severance but seldom met with 

 beyond theconfines of the ' Fatherland.' " — Bio- 

 r/raphic memoir. 



M. 



Macdonald (Duncan George Forbes). 

 British Columbia | and | Vancouver's 

 island | comprising ( a description of 

 these dependencies : their physical | 

 character, climate, capabilities, popu- 

 lation, trade, natural history, | geology, 

 ethnology, gold-fields, and future pros- 

 pects I also I An A(T.ouut of the Man- 

 ners and Customs of the Native ludian.s 

 I by I Duncan George Forbes Macdon- 

 ald, C. E. I (Late of the Government 

 Survey Staff of British Columbia, 

 and of the International Boundary | 

 Line of North America) Author of 

 'What the Farmers may do with the | 



Macdonald (D. G. F.) — Continued. 

 Land' 'The Paris Exhibition' 'Deci- 

 mal Coinage' &c. | With a comprehen- 

 sive map. I 



London | Longman, Green, Longman, 

 Roberts, & Green | 1862. 



Half-title verso name of printer 1 1. title 

 verso blank 1 1. preface pp. v-vii, contents pp. 

 i.x-xiii, text pp. 1-442, appendices pp. 443-524, 

 map, 8°. 



Vo(^abulary of the Chinook Jargon and Eng- 

 lish equivalent terms (375 words and 10 phrase.s 

 and sentences), pp. 394-398. 



Copies seen : British Museum, Congress. 



Sabin's Dictionary, no. 43149, mentions : Sec- 

 ond edition, London, Longmans, 1863, 8°. 



