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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
right  that  the  Trojncal  Agricultunst,  which  has 
done  60  much  (in  connection  with  the  Observer) 
to  encourage  and  extend  a'.l  that  contributes  to  the 
true  welfare  of  a country,  should  be  the  first  to 
introduce  it  to  the  public  ; that  is,  of  < curse,  provided 
it  be  judged  worthy  of  such  introduction.  The  work 
has  been  one  of  absorbing  in'erest,  pleasure,  and 
instruction  to  myself,  and,  I hope,  will  prove  of 
some  use  to  merchants,  brokers,  planters,  and  even 
consumers,  of  that  most  beneficial  and  least  harmful 
of  all  products — Tea. 
Just  as  “ IngO  Vii”  was  the  putting  into  shape 
of  my  Tamil  notes  as  a Sinna  Dutai  on  Scalpa 
Estate,  so  this  “liibliography”  is  the  outcome  of 
my  own  endeavours  in  the  British  Museum  ton  ad 
up  on  the  subject  of  Tea.  When  I came  over  three 
years  ago  I vainly  searched  for  a good  list  cf  titles 
and  authors  of  books  on  this  our  leading  staple. 
I first  discovered  in  “Notes  and  Queries”  a short 
“Bibliography  of  Tea,  Coffee,  and  Sugar”  (evidently 
by  P.  L.  Simmonds),  but  it  gave  only  about  twenty 
books  on  Tea  and  bad  many  mistakes.  For 
instance.  Keen,  11'.,  was  evidently  meant  for  William 
Skeen,  and  a book  on  Coffee  in  Ceylon  was  ascribed 
to  Lewis,  G.  C.  (i.c.  Sir  George  Cornwallis  Lewis!). 
This  ought  to  be  Lewis,  B.  E.  1 next  lighted  upon 
Bergsma’s  “ Catalogus  auctorum  qui  de  thea  sciip- 
serunt,”  and  this  helped  me  considerably,  though, 
being  antiquated  and  in  Latin,  many  of  the  names 
were  ludicroitsly  mis-spelt.  And  besides,  as  nearly 
all  scientific  men  in  those  days  adopted  a Latin 
form  of  their  name,  and  as  the  British  Museuiu 
authorities  ins  st  on  giving  the  original  form  in 
nearly  all  instances,  it  was  sometimes  very  difficult 
to  trace  the  proper  man.  For  instance,  the  real 
name  of  Beinhardus  Albiiius  was  B.  11  ttis,  alhus 
being  the  Latin  equivalent  of  the  German  iveiss 
(white).  Borrichius  stands  for  Borch ; Crockisius 
for  Ciocq  ; Francius  for  Fransz  ; Francus  for  Francke  ; 
Frisius  or  Fhrisius  for  Vries  or  Friese.  Then  again 
an  author  bad  a happy  knack  of  appearing  under 
a different  name  as  quoted  by  different  authorities. 
At  one  time  he  was  Herriehcn  ; at  another  ileiiirichem; 
at  another  Uenichen.  Oviugton  changes  to  Overton  ; 
-Joseph  Serer  seems  to  bo  the  same  man  as  Giuseppe 
Seker;  our  English  doctor  John  Coakley  Lettsom 
appears  in  French  as  simple  Jean  Coakley;  the 
real  name  of  C.  Bontekoe  was  C.  Decker  van  Alkmanr  ; 
he  got  his  nickname  from  the  Ao-?  (spotted  cow) 
on  his  father’s  signboard ! [We  have  the  word  hvute 
in  our  name  for  flags,— buntinir.]  There  seems 
some  inexplicable  mystery  about  Elisha  Mills  Eiy 
and  S.  Millesly  ; they  wrote  exactly  the  same  book, 
and  Mills  Ely  and  Millesly  soiud  suspiciously  al  ke  ; 
yet  they  appear  in  catalogues  as  totally  separute 
individuals.  And  whether  Philippe  Sylvostre  Dufour 
was  a pseudonym  for  Jacob  8pon  or  vice  tersu,  or 
whether  they  were  two  or  mo.e  individuals,  is,  as 
far  as  I know,  still  an  unsolved  problem.  One  man 
I must  mention  : be  was  called  by  his  contempoi  aiics 
the  “person  of  many  ii  itiuls” : his  pioper  name 
was  Worp,  but  he  is  more  often  to  be  found  under 
Peyma  or  Beiutema;  and  his  full  title  is  Johan 
Ignatius  Worp  Beiutema  van  Peyma.  It  may  be 
interesting  to  mention  that  K.  James  was  the  doctor 
who  first  prepared  t‘  e celebrated  “-James’s  Powders.” 
Of  the  wretched  quack  who  called  himself  AVc  John 
Hill  it  was  said  “ Por  physic  and  farces,  his  equal 
there  scarce  is.  His  farces  are  physic,  hi.s  physic 
a farce  is” ; aud  of  Motteux,  who  was  a h rench- 
man,  but  who  established  an  emporium  in  L rndon, 
and  who  wrote  vigorous  English  poe’ry,  Jjidy 
Wortley  Montague,  in  • The  Toilette,’  makes  inoi  - 
tion,  thus: — “ S'.rait  then  i’ll  dre.-s,  and  take  my 
wonted  range  Through  India  shop.s,  to  Motteux  s, 
or  the  Change.  ’ I found  my  smutLeiing  of  many 
European  and  oriental  languages  most  uselul  m 
making  out  the  various  titles  ; and  it  will  be  in- 
teresting to  note  how  many  nations  are  ten  esented. 
The  greatest  assistance  I derived  was  from  Dr.  E. 
J.  Waring’s  “ Bibliotheca  Therapeutica,  ’ w ieh  con- 
tains very  full  lists  of  works  on  all  sorts  of  anie’es 
of  the  materia  niedica,  and  from  which  1 copy 
some  of  the  most  perplexing  Latin  equivalents  of 
the  towns  where  tlie  volumes  were  issued.  These 
[April  t,  1896. 
I append  separately.  In  conclusion,  I may  say 
that  to  prevent  the  list  from  swelling  to  uum-inage- 
able  bounds  I had  to  limit  it  to  such  works  as 
refer  directly  in  their  tit'es  to  Tea,  Coffee,  and 
Cacao. — I am,  yours  truly, 
A.  M.  FEIIGUSON. 
Li.st  of  L.vtin  axjj  Fokeion  N.vmes  of 
Some  of  'fiiE  Lo(:.vuties  Oocuititixo 
IN  THE  Bi1!U001:.\1’1IV,” 
Argentoratum,  Strasburg. 
Budissiua,  Bautzen  (Saxony). 
Colouia  Agrippina,  Cologne. 
Colonia  Allourogum,  Geneva. 
Erfordia,  Erfurt. 
Francofurtum  ad  Moenum,  Frankfort-on-the-Main. 
„ ad  Viadrum,  „ ,,  „ Oder. 
Gedanum,  Dantzic. 
Gravenhage,  The  Hague. 
Hafnia,  Copenhagen. 
Hala  Magdeburgica,  Halle  (in  Prussia). 
,,  Suevica,  ,.  (in  Wurtemburg). 
Holmia,  Stockholm. 
Kiloniutn,  Kiel. 
Lugdunum  Gallorum,  Lyons. 
,.  Batavorum,  Leyden. 
Regiomontium,  Kiinigsberg. 
Ticiuum  Regium,  Pavia. 
Tigurum,  Zurich. 
Trajectum  ad  Mosam,  Maestricht. 
„ ad  Oderam,  Frankfort. 
,,  ad  Rhenum,  Utrecht. 
Utrajectum,  Utrecht. 
Ulyssipolis,  Lisbon. 
Vindobona,  Vienna. 
Vratislavia,  Breslau. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  TEA. 
A.  M.  L.  Five  o’clock  Tea.  By  the  Author  of 
“Breakfast  Dishes,  Ac.  ” Jjondon.  188(>.  8o. 
Aeadtmies—J.ondon—lloyal  Asiatic  .Soey—lJatien 
./.  Jl.  Notes  and  Recollections  on  Tea  Cultivation 
in  Kumaon  and  GarhwJl.  London.  1878.  8o.  See 
JiuUcn,  J.  Jl. 
Academies  ibalerno  Schohi  Salcrnitava.  Com  men - 
taire  en  vers  Francois,  sur  T.^cole  de  Salerne..ou 
soiit  adjoustez.  .Le  Tlic,Le  Caphe,  Le  Chocolate,  Ac. 
Jjuf.  and  7'V.,  Paris.  1671.  12o. 
Adrertisements,  A collection  of  curious  advertise- 
ments and  handbills,  1682-18J6,  reprinted  by  G. 
Smeeton,  London.  [1830-10.]  4o.  [Advt.  !).  About 
Tea,  Colfee,  Brandy,  Ac.J. 
Advice.  Advice  to  Parents  on  the  Management  of 
their  Children  in.  ..hinallpox.  ..to  which  are  added 
some  general  Observations  on  the  use  of  Te.i,  Ac. 
Novomarchiae  (Newmaik).  179,3.  8o. 
.d'ivtce.  Advi  0 to  the  Unwary:  or  an  Abstract 
of  certain  penal  law's  now  in  force  against  siniu^gling 
in  general,  and  the  adulleralion  of  Tea,  Ac.  London 
1780.  8o. 
Athandlimj.  Afliandling  om  Thee.  Alburgi.  1777. 
8o. 
Ajternoon  Tea.  Afternoon  Tea.  Rhymes  for  child- 
ren. with,  .illustrations  by  G.  J.  Sowerby  and  H.  H. 
Emerson.  London.  1880.  4->. 
Aiynan,  Fcancots.  Le  Prestre  Medecin.  ..Avec  un 
traite'  du  Caffe  ct  du  The  de  Bh-ance,  Ac.  Paris.  1006 
12o. 
Albiiius.  Bernh : Praes.  See  Ge.nae,  J .1/.  Disscr- 
tatio  do  Thee.  Bhuncof.  ad  Viadr.  1C, 81.  4o 
Albrecht,  Joh.  Pet.  Kljr  cut  Icckle  Unschuld  tier  . 
Thee  und  Coffee  Gctriincke.  Bremen.  1696.  S-i. 
Alcott,  II/;/.  .l/e.r.  'Tea  and  Coffee. . their  efl'rcts 
on  the  human  sysfem.  B'ifih  cd.  New  York  flsyO''! 
12o.  [Do.  Now  e '.  I8s;i.j 
Alcott,  11 '-v-  .Hex.  Tliee  und  KafTee.  ..fti’ansld. 
from  the  Bmglish  L Zwoitc  Auflage  See  l|■eilshacu- 
scr,  K.  Gesundheit.  Ac.  Bd.  12.  1868,  Ac.  8-r.  I Om  eln 
1860.  Berlin.  1869.].  ' ‘ 
Allj////ei/ie.  Allgemeino  Bomerknngen  iiber  da.s 
1 lieo-tiiiikcn , , Aiid  dcin  iiberset/.t.  Jjin- 
sio.e,  i7J)r>.  8o. 
