WAKASHAN LANGUAGES. 



41 



Latham (R. G.) — Coutimied. 



Division F, Americau MongolidiB (pp. 287- 

 400) includes a classification of the Haeltzuk 

 and Hailtsa, pp. 300-301 ; of tl\e Nutkans, pp. 

 301-302.— Vocabulary (20 words) of the Chokeeli 

 and of the Wakash (from Scouler), p. 315. 



Copies seen : Bureau of Ethnology, Con- 

 gress, Eames. 



The I ethnology | of | the British 



colonies | and | dependencies. | By | R. 

 G. Latham, M. D., F. R. S., | corre- 

 sponding member to the Ethnological 

 society. New York, | etc. etc. | [Mono- 

 gram.] I 



London: | John Van Voorst, Pater- 

 noster row. 1 M. DCCC. LI [1851]. 



Title verso nanie.s of printers 1 1. preface 

 verso blank 1 1. contents pp. v-vi, text pp. 1-264, 

 12". 



Chapter vi. Dependencies in America (pp. 

 224-264), contains a linguistic classification of 

 the Indians, among them the Nutka and the 

 Hailtsa, p. 247 ; of Fitz-Hugli Sound, p. 252. 



Copies seen: Astor, British Museum, Con- 

 gress, Eames. 



A t the Squier sale, no. 635, a copy brought $1 . 



On the langixages of Northern, West- 

 ern, and Central America. By R. G. 

 Latham, M. D. (Read May the 9th.) 



In Philological Soc. [of London] Trans. 1856. 

 pp. 57-115, London [1857], 8°. (Congress.) 



Numerals 2, 3 in the language of Fitz-Hugh 

 Sound and of the Haeltzuk compared with the 

 Blackfeet, p. 65. — The Hailtsa, their habitat and 

 divisions, p. 72. — TheWakash, a brief account, 

 p. 73. 



This article reprinted in the same author's 

 Opuscula, pp. 326-377. for title of which see 

 below. 



Opuscula. I Essays | chiefly | philo- 

 logical and ethnographical | by | Rob- 

 ert Gordon Latham, | M. A., M. D., V. 

 R. S., etc. I late fellow of Kings college, 

 Cambridge, late professor of English | 

 in University college, London, late 

 assistant physician | at the Middlesex 

 hospital. I 



Williams «fe Norgate, | 14 Henrietta 

 street, Covent garden, London | and | 

 20 south Frederick street, Edinburgh. 

 I Leipzig, R. Hartmann. | 1860. 



Title verso name of printer 1 1. preface pp. 

 iii-iv, contents pp. v-vi, text pp. 1-377, addenda 

 and corrigenda pp. 378-418, 8°. 



A reprint of a number of papers read before 

 the Ethnological and Philological societies of 

 London, among them some of those titled above, 

 as follows : 



On the languages of the Oregon territory (pp. 

 249-265) contains the linguistic material given 



Latham (R. G.) — Continued. 



under this title above on pp. 250-251, 251-252, 

 252, 260-262. The "notes " (pp. 263-265) contain 

 a comparative vocabulary of 20 words of the 

 Tlaoquatch and Nootka, with the Columbia 

 (from Scouler), p. 263. 



Miscellaneous contributions to the ethnog- 

 raphy of North America (pp. 275-297) contains 

 the numerals 1-10 of the [Hailtsuk] language of 

 Fitz-Hugh Sound, p. 283. 



On the languages of Northern, AVesteru, and 

 Central America (pp. 326-377) contains the lin- 

 guistic material given under this title above, 

 pp. 333, 339, 340. 



Addenda and corrigenda, 1859 (pp. 378-418) 

 contains brief references to the linguistic ))lace 

 of the Tlaoquatcli, p. 378; to the Wakash, 

 Nutka, and Tlaoquatcli, p. 388. 



Copies seen: Astor, Boston Public, Brinton, 

 Bureauof Ethnology, Congress, Eames, Pilling. 

 Watkinson. 



At the Squier sale a presentation copy (no. 

 639 of the catalogue) brought $2.37. The Mur- 

 phy copy, no. 1438, sold for $1. 



Elements | of | comparative philol- 

 ogy. I By I R. G. Latham, M. A., M. D., 

 F. R. S., &c., I late fellow of King's col- 

 lege, Cambridge ; and late professor of 

 English I in University college, Lon- 

 don. I 

 London : Walton and Maberly, Upper 



Gower street, and Ivy lane. Paternoster 

 row; I Longman, Green, Longman, 

 Roberts, and Green, | Paternoster row. 

 I 1862. I The Right of Translation is 

 Reserved. 



Half-title verso names of printers 1 1. title 

 verso blank 1 1. dedication verso blank 1 1. pref- 

 ace pp. vii-xi, contents pp. xiii-xx, tabular view 

 of languages and dialects pp. xxi-xxviii, chief 

 authorities pp. xxix-xxxii, errata verso blank 1 

 1. text pp. 1-752, addenda and corrigenda pp. 

 753-757, index pp. 758-774, list of works by Dr. 

 Latham verso blank 1 1. 8°. 



Chapter Iv, Languages of America (pp. 384- 

 403) contains : A brief discussion of the Hailtsa, 

 with a vocabulary (14 words and numerals 1- 

 10), pp. 401-402; comparative vocabulary (50 

 words and numerals 1-10) of the Nsietshawus, 

 Watlala, and Nutka, pp. 402-403. 



Copies seen : Astor, British Museum, Bureau 

 of Ethnology, Congress, Eames, Watkinson. 



Robert Gordon Latham, the eldest son of the 

 Rev. Thomas Latham, was born in the vicarage 

 of Billiugsborough, Lincolnshire, March 24, 

 1812. In 1819 he was entered at Eton. Two years 

 afterwards he was admitted on the foundation, 

 and in 1829 went to Kings, where he took his 

 fellowship and degrees. Ethnology was hia 

 first passion and his last, though for botany 

 he had a very strong taste. He died March 9, 

 IHSS.— Theodore Watts, in The Athenceum,Maich 

 17, 188S. ■ 



