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Ludewig (IT. E.) — Continned. 



Copies seen ; Bureau of Ethiii)l<isv,(^>ngreas, 

 Eames, Georgetown, Pilling. 



At the Fischer sale, no. 090, a copy brought 5s. 

 6(i. ; at the Field sale, no. 1403, $2.63; at the 

 Squiersale, no. 699, $2.02; another copy, no. 1906, 

 $2.38. Priced by Leclerc, 1878, no. 2075, 15 fr. 

 The Pinart copy, no. 565, sohl for 25 fr., and 

 the Murphy copy. no. 1540, for $2.50. 



"Dr. Ludewig has himself so fully detailed 

 the plan and purport of this work that little 

 more remains for mo to add beyoud the mere 

 statement of the origin of my connection with 

 the publication .and the mention of such addi- 

 tions for which I am alone responsible, and 

 which, during its progress through the press, 

 have gradually accumulated to about one-sixth 

 of the whole. Thi.sisbutanactof justice to the 

 memory of Dr. Ludewig. because at the timeof 

 his death, in December, 1856, no more than 172 

 pages were printed off, and these constitute the 

 onlj- portion of the work which liad the benefit 

 of his valuable jiersoual and final revision. 



"Similarity of pursuits led, during my stay 

 in Xew York in 1855. to an intimacy with Dr. 

 Ludewig, during which he mentioned that he, 

 like myself, had been making bibliographical 

 memoranda for years of all books which serve 

 to illustrate the history of spoken language. 

 As a first section of a more extended work on 

 the literary history of language generally, he 

 had prepared a bibliographical memoir of the 

 remains of aboriginal languages of America. 

 The niiinuscript had been deposited by him in 

 the library of the Ethnological Society at New 

 York, but at my reciuest he at once most kindly 

 placed it at my di.sposal, stipulating only that 

 it should be printed in Europe, under my per- 

 sonal superintendence. 



" Upon my return to England, I lost no time 

 in carrying out the trust thus confided to me, 

 intending then to confinemyself .simply to pro- 

 ducing acorrect coijy of my friend's manuscript. 

 But it soon became obvious that the transcript 

 had been hastily made, and but for the valuable 

 assistance of literary friends, both in this 

 country and in America, the work would prob- 

 ably have been al)andoned. Jly thanks are more 

 particularly duo to Mr. E. G. Squier, and to 

 Prof. William W. Turner, of "Washington, by 

 whoso considerate and valuable cooperation 

 many difficulties were cleared away and my edi- 

 torial labors greatly lightened. This encouraged 

 me to spare neither personal Labor nor expense 

 in the atteni])t to render the work as perfect as 

 possible, with what success must be left to 

 the judgment of 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- 

 al)leesteem as a jurist, both in Germany .and the 

 United States of America. Born at Dresden in 

 1809, with but little exception he continued to 

 reside in his n.ative city until 1844, wlien liet-mi- 

 gi-ated to America; but, though in liotli conn- 



Ludewig (11. E.) — CoutiuiKHl. 



tries he jjracticed law as a profession, his bent 

 was the study of literary history, which was 

 evidenced by his Li vre des Ana. Essai de Cata- 

 logue Manuel, published at his own cost in 1837, 

 and by his Bibliothekonomie, which appeared 

 a ftjw years later. 



"But even -while thus ensiaged 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 theper>- 

 j)liug of America gained him the highest consid- 

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

 of original and inquiring mind. Ho was a 

 contributor to Xaumann's Serapajuui; and 

 amongst 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 ' Book 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 sm;ill 

 amount of l.aborand perseverance, owing to the 

 necessity of consulting the many and widely 

 scattered materials, which had to be soughtout 

 from apparently the most unlikely channels. 



"Tlie.se .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 

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

 launc-hed upon the world ; for at the date of his 

 death, on the 12th of December following, only 

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

 love with him for years; and, if ever author 

 were. mhu\l'alo{ the nonumj)rematur in annum, 

 he was when hedeposited hismanuscriptinthe 

 library of the American Ethnological Society, 

 diffident hixnself 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 distinguishing feature in his chivracter, not- 

 withstanding his groat and varied knowledge 

 and brilliant acquirements, to disregard his 

 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 most distinguished European 

 and American literary societies, and few men 

 were held in greater consideration by scholars 

 bothin Americaand Germany, as will readily bo 

 acknowledged should his voluminous corre- 

 spondence ever see the light. In private life he 

 was distinguished by the best ([ualities 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 

 ever ready to aid and counsel those who applied 

 to him for advice ujion matters pertaining to 

 literal lire, his loss will long be felt by a most 

 extended <'inle of friends, and in him Germany 



