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BIBLIOGliAPHY OF THE 



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Rafinesque (Constantiue Samuel). At- 

 lantic journal, I and I friend of knowl- 

 edge. I In eight numbers. | Containing 

 about 160 original articles and tracts on 

 Natural and | Historical Sciences, tbe 

 Description of about 150 New Plants, | 

 and 100 New Animals or Fossils. Many 

 Vocabularies of Langua- | ges, Histor- 

 ical and Geological Facts, &g. &c. &c. 

 I By C. S. Rafinesque, A. M. . . Pli. D. 

 j Professor of Historical and Natural 

 Sciences, Member of seve- | ral learned 

 societies in Europe and America, &c. | 

 [Quotation and list of figures, six 

 lines.] I 



Philadelpliia: | 1832-1833. | (Two 

 dollars.) 



Tabular view recto Wank 1 1. title verso in- 

 dex 1 1. iconography and illustrations etc. I 1. 

 text pp. 1-202, 205-212, 8°. Originally issued in 

 numbers (1-8, and extra of no. 3), from the 

 "spring of 1832" to the "winter of 1833." 



American history. Tabular View of the Amer- 

 ican Generic Languages, and Original Nations, 

 including the Chinuc, pp. 6-8. 



Languages of Oregon, Chopunish asd Chinuc 

 (pp. 133-134) contains a vocabulary, English 

 and Chinuc, thirty-three words (including 

 numerals 1-10), from Cox, Lewis, and other 

 sources, p. 134. 



Copies seen : Boston Athenaum, British Mu- 

 seum, Congress, Eames. 



These two articles reprinted in : 



Priest (J.), American antiquities, pp. 309-312, 

 395-397, Albany, 1833, 8°. 



Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, botanist, 

 born in Galatz, a suburb of Constantinople, 

 Turkey, in 1784, died in Philadelphia, Pa., Sep- 

 tember 18, 1842. He was of French parentage, 

 and his father, a merchant, died in Philadelphia 

 about 1791. The son came to Philadelphia witli 

 his brother in 1802, and, after traveling through 

 Pennsylvania and Delaware, returned with a 

 collection of botanical specimens in 1805 and 

 went to Sicilj', where he spent ten years as a 

 merchant and in the study of botany. In 1815 

 he sailed for Now York, but was shipwrecked 

 on the Long Island coast, and lost his valuable 

 books, collections, manuscripts, and drawings. 

 La 1818 he went to the west and became pro- 

 fessor of botany in Transylvania University, 

 Lexington, Ky. Subsequently he traveled and 

 lectured in various places, endeavored to estab- 

 lish a magazine and botanic garden, but with- 

 out success, and finally settled in Philadelphia, 

 where he resided until his death, and whore he 

 published The Atlantic Journal and Friend of 

 Knowledge; a Cyclopiedic Journ.il and Review, 

 ofwhich only eight numbers appeared (lS!i2-'3H). 

 The number of genera »nd species that he 



Rafinesque (C. S.) — Continued. 



introduced into his works produced great con- 

 fusion. A gradual deterioration is found in 

 Kafinesque's botanical writings from 1819 till 

 1830, when the passion for establishing new 

 genera and species seems to have become a 

 monomania with him. He assumed thirty to 

 one h\indred years as the average time required 

 for the production of a new species and five 

 hundred to a thousand years for a new genus. 

 It is said that he wrote a paper describing 

 ' ' twelve new species of thunder and lightning." 

 In addition to translations and unfinished botan- 

 ical and zoological works, he was the author of 

 numerous books and pamphlets.— Appteton'* 

 Cyclop, of Am. Biog. 



[Reade (John).] Chinook versus Greek. 

 In Montreal Gazette, vol. 119, no. 239, p. 4, 

 Montreal, October 6, 1890. (Pilling.) 



A review of Hale (H.), An international 

 idiom. 



Contains a general discussion of the Chinook 

 Jargon, with a number of examples. 

 Reviews: 



Chinook Jargon See Charencey (0. de.) 



Chinook Jargon Cr.ine (A.) 



Chinook Jargon Leland (C. G.) 



Chinook Jargon Reade (J.) 



Chinook Jargon "Western. 



Richardson (Albert Deane). Bej'ondthe 

 Mississippi: | from the great river to 

 the great ocean. | Life and adventure 

 I on the I prairies, mountains, and 

 Pacific coast. | With more than two 

 hundred illustrations, from photo- 

 graphs and original | sketches, of the 

 j)rairies, deserts, mountains, rivers, 

 mines, | cities, Indians, trappers, pion- 

 eers, and great natural | curiosities of 

 the new states and territories. | 1857- 

 1867. I By I Albert D. Richardson, | 

 author of 'Field, dungeon and escape.' 

 I [Two lines advertisement.] | 



Hartford, Conn., | American pub- 

 lishing company. National puMishing 

 company, | Philadelphia, Pa., Cincin- 

 nati, O., Chicago, 111., St. Louis, Mo., | 

 New Orleans, La., Atlanta, Ga., Rich- 

 mond, Va. I Bliss & company. New 

 York. I 1867. 



Engraved title : Beyond | the | Mississippi | 

 Albert D. Richardson. 



Map, engraved title verso blank, title verso 

 copyright notice 1 1. extracts from "Whittier and 

 Longfellow verso blank 1 1. prefatory pp. i-ii, 

 illustrations pp. iii-vii, contents pp. ix-ivi, text 

 pp. 17-572, 8'='. 



Short vocabulary (20 words, alph»beticall7 



