ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



409 



Prevost (M.) — Continued. 



tory 1 1. text pp. 1-27, 16°. Hymns in Chippewa 

 ■with musical notes. 



Copies seen : Eames, Pilling, Powell. 



Eev. M6d6ric Prevost, O. M. I., was born 

 February 1, 1847, at St. Jacques de 1' Achigan, 

 county of Montcalm, Province of Quebec, Can- 

 ada. He was ordained a priest May 11, 1873, 

 and soon after was sent to the residence of 

 Lake Temiskaming, an Indian mission. Since 

 that time he has visited the Indian missions of 

 Fort William, on the Ottawa Hiver, Mattawan, 

 Abitibi, Kipewa,KitchiSaking,Mekiskan,Was- 

 wanipi, Kikendatc, Kakebongang, and TVey- 

 moutaching. In 1879 ho was sent to Maniwaki, 

 at the head of the Gatineau Eiver. Since the 

 year 1874 he has been charged by his superiors 

 with the preparation of the calendar for every 

 new year. His present residence (1888) is Hull, 

 near Ottawa. — Lorrain. 

 Prichard (James Cowles). Researches ] 

 into the | physical history | of | Man- 

 kind. I By I James Cowles Prichard, M. 

 D. I Second edition. | In two volumes. 

 |Vol. I[-II].| 



London : | printed for John and Ar- 

 thur Arch, I Cornhill. | 1826. 



2 vols. : frontispiece 1 1. title verso printer 1 1. 

 dedication verso blank 1 1. preface pp. v-viii, 

 contents of both volumes pp. ix-xxx, explana- 

 tion of plates pp. xxxi-xxxii, text pp. 1-523, 

 notes pp. 525-529, index of nations pp. 531-544, 

 nine other plates ; title verso printer 1 1. text 

 pp. 1-613, note pp. 614-623, plate, 8°. 



Relations between the American languages, 

 vol. 2, pp. 341-349, contains some remarks on the 

 Delaware language, with examples. — Remarks 

 on the American languages, vol. 2, pp. 350-355, 

 contains comparative vocabularies of American 

 and Asiatic languages (pp. 353-354), including 

 words in the Penobscot, Illinois, Delaware, Aca- 

 dian, IS'ew England, and Mahican, and a short 

 comparative vocabulary of the Irish and Algon- 

 quin.— Pages 414-424 of the same volume treat 

 of the Algonquin race, and contain general re- 

 marks on the classification and languages of 

 the different branches. 



Copies seen: British Museum, Eames, Har- 

 vard. 



The first edition, London, 1813, 8° (British 

 Museum), contains no linguistics. 

 Researches | into the | physical his- 

 tory 1 of i mankind. | By | James Cowles 

 Prichard, M. D. F. R. S. M. R. 1. A. | 

 corresponding member [«fec. three 

 lines.] I Third edition. | Vol. I[-V]. | 



London: | Sherwood, Gilbert, and 

 Piper, I Paternoster row; | and J. and 

 A. Arch, I Cornhill. | 1836[-1847]. 



5 vols. 8°. Thewords "Third edition," which 

 are contained on the titles of vols. 1-4 (dated re- 

 spectively 1836, 1837, 1841, 1844), are not on the 

 title of vol. 5. Vol. 3 was originally issued with 



Prichard (J. C.) — Continued. 



a title numbered "Vol. III. — Part I." This ti- 

 tle was afterwards canceled, and a new one 

 (numbered "Vol. III.") substituted in its place. 

 Vol. 1 was reissued with a new title containing 

 thewords "Fourth edition," and bearing the 

 imprint, "London: | Sherwood, Gilbert, and 

 Piper, I Paternoster row. | 1841." (Astor); and 

 again "Fourth edition. | Vol.1. | London: | 

 Houlston and Stoneman, | 65, Paternoster row. 

 I 1851." (Congress.) According to Sabin's Dic- 

 tionary (no. 65477, note), vol. 2 also appeared in 

 a "Fourth edition," with the latter imprint. 

 These several issues differ only in the inser- 

 tion of new titles in the places of the original 

 titles. 



General remarks on the American languages, 

 vol. 5, pp. 302-308.— Of the characteristics of the 

 American languages, pp. 308-313, including a 

 number of examples in Delaware (from Hecke- 

 welder andDuponceau). — Universality of these 

 characteristics among the American languages, 

 pp. 313-316, with an example in Delaware. — Gen- 

 eral observations on the relations of the Ameri- 

 can languages, pp. 316-320.— Chapter V. Of the 

 Algonquin and Iroquois races, contains some re- 

 marks on the Algonquin dialects under the fol- 

 lowing divisions: General account, pp. 381-383; 

 History of the Algonquin race. Tradition of the 

 Lenni-Lenape, pp. 383-385 ; Northern nations of 

 the Algonquin race : the Knistineaux, the Al- 

 gonquins proper, the Chippewas or O'jibways 

 (0-chepe-wag), the Potowatomi, pp. 385-391; Of 

 the north-eastern or Abenaquian branch of the 

 Algonquin race, pp. 391-393 ; Of the eastern or 

 Atlantic tribes: the New England tribes, the 

 Lenni-Lenape or Delaware Indians, tribes of 

 Virginia and Maryland, pp. 393-394 ; The west- 

 ern branch of the Algonquin race, pp. 394-395. — 

 The Black-feet Indians, p. 414.— A few Carai- 

 bean words compared with those of other lan- 

 guages, including the Sankihani, p. 526. 



Copies seen : Bancroft, Boston Athenaeum, 

 Congress, Eames. 



Naturgeschichte | des | Menschen- 



geschlechts | von | James Cowles Prich- 

 ard, I Med. D. [&c. three lines.] | Nach 

 der [&c. three lines] | von | Dr. Ru- 

 dolph Wagner, I [&c. one line.] | Erster 

 L-Vierter] Band. I 



Leipzig, I Verlag von Leopold Bosk. 

 I 1^540 [-1848]. I 



4 vols., vol. 4 in two parts, 12°, 



Discussion of American languages, vol. 4, pp. 

 311-341, 357-363, 458. 



Copies seen : British Museum. 



The I natural history | of | man ; | 



comprising | inquiries into the modify- 

 iug influence of | physical and moral 

 agencies | on the different tribes of the 

 human family. | By | James Cowles 

 Prichard, M. D. F. R. S. M. R. I. A. | 

 Corresponding Member [&c. five lines.] 



