August 10, 1900.] 



SCIENCE. 



215 



birth " Signed C. S. Rafinesque] . Fragments 

 of letters from Lexington. By a Lady [pp. 

 77-79. Deals with social life in Lexington. 

 Signed Lavinia] . A view of some Ameri- 

 can Universities and Colleges in 1820 [pp. 

 79,80. Signed W.M.]. 6. Transylvania 

 University [p. SO. Signed "W. M.]. 



Pages 81-88. Poetry. The Western Muse, 

 or. Original Poetry. Les Eives de 1' Ohio. 

 Poeme en deux chants [pp. 81-82. Signed 

 C. S. E,.]. Couplet pour Silvie [p. 83. 

 Signed C. S. E.] . A Melody, My Heart is 

 Gone [p. 83. Signed M. T.] . A Melody. 

 The Man I'll Love [p. 83. Signed Vir- 

 ginia]. La Double Aurore. Ode Anacreon- 

 tique [pp. 83, 84. Signed C. S. E.]. Le 

 Eeveil d' Irma. Ode Anacreontique [p. 84. 

 Signed C. S. E. and dated October, 1819]. 

 L' Enfant etl' Epouse Endormis. Eomance 

 [p. 84. Signed C. S. E. and dated October, 

 1819.] Preceptes Moraux. 1. Le Secret 

 d' etre hereux. 2. Amour et Jealousie [p. 

 84. Signed C. S. E.]. The Blind Lover 

 [p. 85. Signed Milton] . Lines to Maria. 

 Who asked me if I should like to Love in 

 a Cottage [p. 85. Signed Constantine] . 

 To Silvia [pp. 85,86. Signed J. E.]. Trifles. 

 By Billy Tickler of Frankford [p. 86. 

 Signed B. T.] . Italian Stanzas. Un Con- 

 siglio d'Amore [p. 86. Signed Constan- 

 tino]. Epigrams [p. 87]. The Elysian 

 Dream. To my Sister [p. 87. Signed 

 Eleonora]. To the Sun. To the Moon. 

 On the Loss of a Friend [p. 88. All three 

 signed Eleanora]. One Word and Only 



One. To Eliza. To Miss M , who 



wished to know what she should read 

 [p. 88. Both signed Oscar] . 



The copy of the work before me bears 

 the autograph of S. S. Haldeman, one of 

 the early members of the Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences of Philadelphia. It is known 

 that Rafinesque advertised a copy for sale 

 at $5.00, stating it to be unique, and it is 

 not unlikely that the present one is that 

 copy, which has been in the Academy's 



library for many years, although nothing 

 is known of its history. 



Wm. J. Fox. 



Academy of Natueal Sciences 

 OP Philadelphia. 



TEE INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIEN- 

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