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[1815.J " {Lewis und Clarke.) Tagehuch e. Entdecliungsreise durch Nord.. 

 Amerika in d. Jahren 1804-6. Ausd.Uiigl. v. Weyland. Mit 1 Kartey 

 KN'eue Blbliothek der wichtigsten Beschreibunge)i, u. s. iv. {Weimar, gr. 

 8vo.) Bd. J, 1815. 



To judge from the title and date of publieation, this is probably a 

 version of the authentic narrative. It is the only German edition of 

 which I have become aware. 



The next edition of the authentic narrative is a Dutch v^ersion, by 

 Van Kampen, published in three 8vo volumes, at Dordrecht, 1816-18. 

 It is entitled as follows : — 



[1816-18.] Reize \ naar \ de Bronnen van den Missouri, \ en door liet vaste 

 land van America \ naar de Zuidzee. \ Gedaan op last van de liegering 

 der Yereenigde Staten van America, \ in de jaren 1801, 1805 en 1806. | 

 Boor de Kapiteins \ Leicis en Clarke. \ Met eene Kaart. \ — | Uit liet En- 

 gelsch vertaald door | IS/'. G. Van Kampen. \ — | Eerste [tweede, derde 

 en Laatste] Beel. \ * \ Te Bordrechf, \ Bij A. Blusse & Zoon. \ 1816- 

 [1817, 1818J. 



Three vols. 8i'0. Vol. I, 1816, j)^^. i-xxxii, 1-398, map. Vol. IL 

 1817, PI), i-viii, 1-390. Vol. Ill, 1818, pt})- i-xii, 1-335. 

 This appears to be a fair and complete version, probably made from 

 the English 3-volume edition of 1815 (Kees' preface being reproduced) ; 

 the Dutch translator prefixes a preface of his own (Voorberigt van den 

 Vertalcr, pp. iii-xviii of vol. I.) Excepting this addition, the work 

 seems to be exactly reproduced in Dutch. 



While this Dutch translation was in progress, there appeared an Irish 

 edition at Dublin, in 1817. I have been unable to lay hands on a copy 

 of this edition, in connection with the publication of which I have heard 

 the familiar allusion to " Dublin pirates." The most precise information 

 I have gained respecting it is given by Thomas W. Field, from which it 

 would appear that it is the authentic narrative. Mr. Field says : "An- 

 other edition of Biddle's [i. e., " Paul Allen's"] history of Lewis and 

 Clarke's expedition was printed in Dublin, under the same title as the 

 London edition of three volumes, from which it was copied, with the 

 addition on the title-page of, — ' With the Life of Captain Lewis, by T. 

 Jeflerson, President of the United States of America.' In Two Vol- 

 umes. Dublin, J. Christie, 1817. 8vo. Vol. I, prel. pp. xxxix. + 588. 

 Vol. II, prel. pp. xiv. + 643-f 7 plates and map." 



During the period from 1817 to 1842, there were no editions or re- 

 imprints of Lewis and Clarke that I know of. At the latter date, the 

 Messrs. Harper and Brothers, having procured a copyright, made the 

 first issue of a new and modified edition, prepared for them by the Kev. 

 Dr. M'Vickar. There have been a great many (see beyond) successive 

 re-issues of this handy little abridgment, all of which, however, appear 

 to have been printed from the same plates. They are in fact the same 

 edition, though in some of the copies I have seen the maps are omitted. 

 The following title is quoted from the issue of 1868 : — 



[1842-75.] History \ of \ the Expedition \ under the command of \ Captains 



Lewis and Clarke, \ to \ the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky 



I Mountains, and down the River Columhia to the \ Pacific ocean : 



performed during the \ years 1804, 1805, 1806, | by order of the | Govern- 



