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of I other useful and pleasing information, re- \ marlcably calculated to 

 delight and | instruct the readers. | To which is added \ A complete Dic- 

 tionary of the Indian tongue \ — \hy William Fisher, Esq. \ — 1 

 Baltimore: \ printed and published by P. Manro, j N°- 10, North How- 

 ard St. I 1813. 

 One vol., 12 mo, portraits ?* pp. iii-xii, 13-2G2, ivith 3full-paje wood cuts, 



William. Fisher, esq., must have been a bold man, and he may not 

 have been a bad man too. Whereas the compiler, or editor, or what- 

 ever he may have been, of the editions of 1809 retired behind an anooym, 

 William Fisher not only stole his i)roduction bodily, and gave it an- 

 other name, but also formally announced himself as the author of the 

 same ; for the edition of 1812 is a literal reprint, as nearly as may be, 

 of that of 1809 — even to the snake story and Master Neddy. The edi- 

 tion of 1813 is nearly another reprint ; the title reads substantially the 

 same, though the typography of the title-page is entirely different. In 

 this edition, Master Neddy is dropped. Tbe edition is notable as the 

 first of this series of apocrypha which was illustrated. The smiling 

 faces of ''Captains Lewis and Clarke, returned" greet us; we have a 

 tragic scene of an Indian "destined to death" by the flames; a thrilling 

 view of a man with a bear behind and a precipice in front, «&c. William 

 Fisher does not appear to have possessed the copyright of this pro- 

 duction. 



In the interval between 1813 and 1840 there may have been, and prob- 

 ably were, other editions of the apocrypha; but the following, published 

 by Ells at Dayton, Ohio, 1810, is the only one I have seen or heard of: — 



[1840.] The\ Journal \ of\ Letvis and Clarice, | to the Mouth of the Co 

 lumbia River \ beyond the Rocliy Mountains. \ In the years lS04i-5, & 6. | 

 Giving a faithful description of the River Missouri \ and its source — of 

 the various tribes of Indians | through which they passed — manners and 

 cus- I toms — soil — climate — commerce — gold and \ silver mines — animal 

 and vegetable \ productions, d'c. | New Edition, with Notes. | Revised, 

 corrected, and illustrated tcith numerous \ wood cuts. \ To which is 

 added \ a complete dictionary of the Indian tongue. | — | Dayton, 0. \ 

 Published and sold by B. F. Ells. \ John Wilson, printer | . . . . | 1840. 

 One vol.,lQmo,pp.i-xii, 13-20), portraits of Lewis and of Clarice, 

 and 14 other full-page ivoodcc. 



The advertisement of the "proprietor" of this edition says: "The 

 great demand for the Journal of Lewis & Clarke, has induced the re- 

 publication of the work, with the additions of extensive and interesting-^ 

 notes, and numerous illustrations on wood. We have divided the work 

 into Chapters, with appropriate captions, corrected much that was 

 erroneous in the Topography, and especially in the Nomenclature and 

 Orthography of the Proper Names, and thePhilological errors (of which 

 there were many,) have been corrected, where it could be done, without 

 too materially infringing the text." Bat this volume, aside from some 

 changes in the general make-up, addition of table of contents, insertion 

 of wood-cuts, and the minor points noted in the advertisement just 

 quoted, is the same as its prototype of 1809, notwithstanding the 

 notable modification of title, by which it attempts to lay still stronger 

 claim to be the authentic "Narrative," and by which perhaps it acquired 



*In the copy examined, whatever may have preceded the title-page is torn out. 



