Ball — On the Colloquies of Garcia Be Orta, 385 
Dutch. 
The travels of Linsclioten, first published in 1596, with the addi- 
tions by Paludanus (Bernard Ten Broeck), abound with extracts from 
Clusius' version of Garcia's work. 
FUENCH. 
An edition, founded on the text of Clusius, with some additional 
plates, was published in French by an apothecary named A. Colin, in 
1609, which was followed, in 1619, by a 2nd edition, revised and 
augmented, Lyons, Pillehotte, 8vo, 369 pp., with a preface and index. 
English. 
London, 1577. 4to. 
In all these compilations and abstracts the alphabetical order of 
subjects and the dialogue form were abandoned. 
Introductions and Dedications, &c. 
The introductory matter in the second, or 1872 edition, is some- 
what copious, consisting, in the first place, of a dedication by the 
editor, F. A. de Yarnhagen, addressed to the Imperial Academy of 
Medicine of Rio de Janeiro. This is followed by a preface containing 
a bibliographical sketch and an account of the original edition, in 
which, while the merit of the author is extolled, the defects in the 
printing of his work are pointed out. The colloquial form, and even 
the pagination of the original, are preserved and reproduced in this 
edition. Its preparation required much study upon the part of the 
editor, who, however, does not offer many notes in the way of eluci- 
dation, and, for reasons which he gives, has not inserted the botanical 
names of the plants which are mentioned. In order, however, to check 
Garcia's references to other authors — Greek, Latin, and Arab — he 
had to make himself acquainted with their works, and thus, while 
disclaiming acquaintance with Asiatic drugs, and avoiding the part 
of a critic of technical matters, he has laid a solid foundation for 
others to work upon. Following the preface, we find the "Dedica- 
tion by the Author to the most illustrious Senhor Martim A:ffonso de 
Sousa," &c. &c. As the tender plant is protected by the strong tree, 
so Garcia asks him for protection for his treatise against the assaults 
of the envious. 
