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Alsop (George) — continued. 
iiral Demea | nor of the Inhabitant. | III. The worst and best Vsage 
of a Mary- | Land Servant, opened in view. | IV. The TraflEique, and 
Vendable Commodities | of the Conatrey. | Also | A small Treatise 
on the Wilde and | Naked Indians (or Snsquehanokes) | of Mary-Land, 
their Customs, Man- | ners, Absurdities, & Eeligion. | Together with 
a Collection of Histo- | rical Letters. | By George Alsop. | 
London, Printed by T. J. for Peter Dring, | at the sign of the Sun 
in thePoultrey; 1666. | * 
Title of the original edition ; not seen ; taken from reprint of 1869, a.s below : 
69 A I Character of the Province | of | Maryland. | Described in 
four distinct parts. | Also | a small ti'eatise on the wild and naked 
Indians (or | Susquehanokes) of Maryland, their customs, | manners, 
absurdities, and religion. | Together with | a collection of historical 
letters. | By | George Alsop. | A new edition with an introduction 
and copious | historical notes. | By John Gilmary Shea, LL.D., | 
Member of the Few York Historical Society. | [18 lines quotation.] 
ISTew Yoik: | William Go wans. | 1869. | c. 
Pp. 1-125. 8"^. Forms vol. 5 of Gowan's Bibliotheca Americana. Title-page of 
series, 1 1.; Title of 1669 ed., 1 1.; Dedication, 1 1. ; Advertisement, 1 1.; Intro- 
duction, pp. 9-15; Title of original edition, 1 1., verso Wank (pp. 17-18); Dedica- 
tion to Lord Baltimore, 1 1. (pp. 19-20); Epistle Dedicatory, 11. (pp. 21-22); "To 
all the Merchant Adventurers for Mary-Land," 1 1. (pp. 23-24); Preface to the 
Reader, 11. (pp. 25-26); Poem "The Author to hisBook,"2 11., verso of 2d 1. blank 
(pp. 27-30); Poem by William Bogherst, "To my Friend Mr. George Alsop," 1 1. 
(pp. 31-32); Poem by H. W. "To my Friend Mr. George Alsop," 1 1. (pp. 33-34); 
"A Character of the Province," &c. , jip. 35-1C8 ; Notes, 109-125. 
Numerals (1-10) of the Susquehanna, or Minqua, Hochelaga, Huron, Mohawk, 
and Onondaga, p. 121. 
70 Alva (Bartholome de). Confession ario Mayor, y Menor en leugua Me- 
xicana. Y platicas, contra las Supresticiones [sic] de idolatria, que 
el dia de oy an quedado a los Naturales desta Nueua Espaua, e in- 
strucion de los Santos Sacramentos, «&c. Al Illnstrissimo Seuor D. 
Erancisco, [sic] Manso y Zufiiga, Argoblspo de IMexico, del Consejo 
de su Magestad, y del Eeal de las Indias, &c. Mi Seiior. Nueva- 
mente compuesto por el Bachiller don Bartholome de Alua, Benefi- 
ciado del Partido de Chiapa de Mota. Aiio de 1634. 
^ Con licencia. Impresso en Mexico, por Francisco Salbago, im- 
pressor del Secreto del Sancto Officio. Por Pedro de Quiiiones. 
4 p. 11. 4°. LI. 1-52, the last unnumbered, coutaiu the Confessional in Spanish 
.and Mexican, iu two columns, and the Credo, Pater Noster, Ave Maria, and Salve 
in Mexican onlj-. On verso of the last p.ago is: 
En Mexico En la Imprenta de Francisco Salbago librero, Impressor 
del Secreto del Sancto OfiBcio. En la Calle de San Francisco. Aiio 
M. DC. XXXIIIl. * 
Not seen ; title from Icazbalceta's Apuntes. 
" The questions contain some curious references to the still existing cult of idols, 
and will be found useful to fill up some lacuna) in our knowledge of the Mexican 
