444 APPENDICES 



173. Webber, Charles Wilkins : 



Romance of Natural History; or Wild Scenes and 



wad Himters. 8vo. ; pp. 1-8, 17-610. Philadelphia, 



1852. 



An abridgment of the author's Wild Scenes and Wild 



Hunters, 1851, and also issued under the title The hunter 



naturalist; also published as The Romance of forest and 



prairie life; narrative of perilous adventures (§• mid hunting 



scenes (H. Vizetelly. London, 1853). Gives an anecdote of 



meeting Audubon on a canal boat in Pennsylvania, when he was 



returning from the Upper Missouri in 1843 (see No. 149) and 



is quoted here for no other reason. 



174. Audubon, John Woodhouse : 



Illustrated notes of an expedition through Mexico 

 and California. Pp. 1-48, 4 plates, plain or colored. 

 J. W. Audubon. New York, 1852. Reprinted as Ex- 

 tra Number 41 of The Magazine of History, with Notes 

 and Queries. Pp. 1-83, 4 colored plates (including 

 frontispiece). W. Abbatt. Tarrytown, 1915. 

 It was planned to issue this work monthly in ten numbers, 

 if it should receive sufficient public support. The drawings are 

 exquisitely reproduced, and as works of art are deserving of 

 the highest praise. See No. 219. 



175. A[nna]. A[tkins].: 



Memoir of J. G. Children, Esq., including some un- 

 published poetry of his father and himself. Printed for 

 private distribution. Pp. 1-314. Westminster, 1853. 

 Refers to Audubon's relations with Children, and to his 

 naming of "Sylvia childreni," which later proved to be an error. 



176. NoLTE, Vincent : 



Fifty Years in both Hemispheres: or Reminiscences 

 of a Merchant's Life. London, 1854. 



