ALPHABET.-(PHILOLOGY.)

VOLNEY, (C. E.) L'alphabet Européen appliqué aux Langues Asiatiques.
8vo.
Paris, 1819
KEY, (T. H.) The Alphabet with Essays on Good, Better, Best, Well;
and other Philological papers. 1 vol. 8vo, 7s. 6d.
London, 1844

See also LATHAM on the English Language.
ASTLE, (T.) On the Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hierogly-
phic as Elementary, &c. 4to, plates.
London, 1803
SHAW, (H.) Alphabets, Numerals, and Devices of the Middle Ages.
Imp. 8vo, 48 plates, tinted, 42s.; imp. 4to, full col'd., 84s.
1845
SILVESTRE, (J. B.) Collection de soixante feuilles d'alphabets, historiés
et fleuronnés, tirés des plus beaux manuscrits de l'Europe, etc. Folio.f.60.
(See Paléographie Universelle.)
Paris.

GESENIUS, (W.) Paläogr. Studien über phönic. u. punisc. Schrift. 4to.

KOPP, (U. F.) Palæographia Critica. 4 vols. 4to.

Leipzig, 1835 Mannh., 1817-29

66

Bilder und Schriften der Vorzeit. 2 vols. 8vo.
LEPSIUS, (R.) Zwei sprachvergleichende Abhandlungen. 8vo.

1819-21

Berlin, 1837

HAMMER, (J.) Ancient Alphabets and Hieroglyphics Explained, etc. in the Arabic Language, by Ahmad bin-Abubekr bin-Wahshik: and in English by J. H. sm. 4to.

London, 1806

GUYON. Histoire des Amazones, Anciennes et Modernes. 2 vols. 12mo.

Paris, 1740

AMERICA.

I. BIBLIOGRAPHY.-II. NORTH AMERICA. - III. SOUTH AMERICA.-IV. BRITISH AMERICA.-V. NATURAL HISTORY.-VI. LANGUAGE.

I. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

KENNETT, (Bp.) Bibliotheca Americana Primordia; an attempt towards laying the foundation of an American Library. 4to. London, 1713 RICH, (O.) A Catalogue of Books, relating principally to America. Arranged under the years in which they were printed. Part 1. A. D. 15001600. Part 2. 1600-1700. 8vo, 16s. London, 1832

Printed since 1700. Vol. 1. 1701-1800. Vol. 2. 1801-1830. 8vo.
London, 1835-44
WARDEN, (D. B.) Bibliotheca Americana: being a choice Collection of
Books, Maps, Engravings, and Medals, relating to North and South Ame-
rica, and the West Indies. 8vo, 88.
Paris, 1840
ASPINWALL, (J.) Bibliotheca America Septentrionalis; being a choice
Collection of Books relating to North America. 8vo, 68. Paris, 1820
TERNAUX COMPANS, (H.) Bibliothéque Américaine, ou Catalogue des
Ouvrages relatifs à l' Amérique, qui ont paru depuis sa découverte jusqu'à
l'an 1700. 8vo, 10s. 6d.
Paris, 1837
(HOMER, A.) Bibliotheca Americana; or, a Chronological Account of the
most Curious and Interesting Books, &c., upon the subject of North and
South America.
London, 1789

4to.

I. BIBLIOGRAPHY.-(Continued.)

LUDEWIG, (H. E.) The Literature of American Local History; a Bibli-
ographical Essay. 8vo.
New-York, 1846

(Privately printed.)

II. NORTH AMERICA, (U. S.)—(a) GEOGRAPHY. (b) ANTIQUITIES. (a) GEOGRAPHY OF.

LONG, (Prof. Geo.) Geography of America and the West Indies. 8vo. Three Maps; and Statistical Tables. London, 1841 MAXIMILIAN. Travels in the interior of North America. By Maximilian, Prince of Weid. With numerous engravings on wood, and a large map. Translated from the German, by H. Evans Lloyd, to accompany the original series of 81 elaborately-coloured plates. Imp. 4to, half mor. £2 128. 6d. London, 1843

The work complete with the plates, £25

EDIN. CABINET LIBRARY; vols. 35, 36 37. By Hugh Murray. 3 vols., 58. each.

HASSLER, (F. R.)

United States, &c.

Documents relating to the Survey of the Coast of the
8vo.
New York, 1836

(b) ANTIQUITIES, &c., HISTORY OF.

BEAMISH, (K. L.) Discovery of America by the Northmen in the Tenth
Century. 8vo, 10s.
London, 1841

ANTIQUITATES AMERICANE sive Scriptores Septentrionales rerum
Ante-Columbianarum in America. 4to, $12. Copenhagen, 1838

(Published by the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries.)
BRADFORD, (A. W.) American Antiquities, and Researches into the
Origin and History of the Red Race. 8vo.

New-York, 1841

RAFN, (C.) America Discovered in the Tenth Century. 8vo.

New-York, 1836

SMITH, (J. T.) The Discovery of America by the Northmen in the Tenth
Century; comprising Translations of all the most important Original Nar-
ratives of the Event: together with a Critical Examination of their Au-
thenticity; to which are added, an Examination of the Comparative
Merits of the Northmen and Columbus. 2d ed., 8vo, 6s. London, 1842
DELAFIELD, (J. jun.) An Inquiry into the Origin of the Antiquities of
America. 4to, plates.
Cincinnati, 1839

(See also PRIEST's American Antiquities.)

III. SOUTH AMERICA.—(a) GEOGRAPHY OF, VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. (b) HISTORY.

(a) GEOGRAPHY Of, Voyages and Travels.

HUMBOLDT, (A. VON). Personal Narrative of Travels in South America
in 1799-1804. 6 vols. 8vo, £3 15s.
Lond., 1822-26
HUMBOLDT, (A. DE). Examen Critique de l'histoire de la géographie
du nouveau continent. 8vo, vols. 1-5, 10s. each.

(To be completed in 10 vols.)

Paris, 1836-39

EDIN. CABINET LIBRARY. Travels and Researches of Alex. von
Humboldt, by MacGillivray. 12mo, 58.
Edin., 1839

(Reprinted N. Y., H. Bros.)

TERNAUX COMPANS, (H.) Voyages, Relations, et Mémoires originaux pour servir à l'Histoire de la Découverte de l' Amérique, publié pour la première fois en Français. 1re et 2de Serié. 20 tom, 8vo, £11 118. Paris, 1837-41

III. SOUTH AMERICA.-(Continued.)

DARWIN, (C.) Geological Observations on South America. Being the Third Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the "Beagle," under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832-36. 8vo, 12s. (Reprinted N. Y., H. Bros.) London, 1846 SURVEY OF THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC: Executed, in the years 1842 and 1843, with the Intent of Establishing a Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 8vo, 5 plans, 58.

London, 1844

See also ULLOA's Voyage, WATERTON'S Wanderings, BASIL HALL'S Travels,
Capt. W. SMYTH'S Narrative, HEAD's Rough Notes, ALEXANDER'S Trans.
Sketches, Cox's Adven, on Columbia River.

(b) HISTORY.

There are no general Histories of South America of any value. The Histories of the different States will be found arranged under the respective heads.

See HUMBOLDT's Researches, ROBERTSON'S Letters on S. A., NAVARRETE'S
Coleccion de viages, etc.

IV. BRITISH AMERICA.

BRITISH AMERICA; comprehending Canada, Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the Fur Countries: their History from the Earliest Settlement; the Statistics and Topography of each District; their Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries; their Social and Political Condition; as also an Account of the Manners and Present State of the Aboriginal Tribes. By Hugh Murray. With Illustrations of the Natural History, by James Wilson, R. K. Greville, and Professor Traill. 3 vols. fcp. 8vo, 158.

(Edin. Cab. Lib.)

Edinburgh, 1839 BUCKINGHAM, (J. S.) Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the other British Provinces in North America; with a Plan of National Colonization. 8vo, 158. London, 1843 BOUCHETTE, (COL.) Topog. and Statist. Description of the British Dominions in N. America: including Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, Prince Edward, &c. &c. 3 vols. 4to, plates, £1 58. London, 1831-2 ALCEDO, (A.) Geogr. and Histor. Dictionary of America and the West Indies: transl. from the Spanish by G. A. Thompson. 5 vols. 4to, £2 10s. London, 1812 TYTLER, (P. F.) Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the more Northern Coasts of America, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With Descriptive Sketches of the Natural History of the North American Regions, by James Wilson. Fcp. 8vo, 58. Edin., 1833 SIMPSON, (T.) Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America, effected by the Officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the Years 1836-39. 8vo, 148. London, 1843 MCGREGOR, (J.) Account of British North America. 2 vols. 8vo, maps, 128. London, 1832

V. NATURAL HISTORY.—(1) Animal Kingdom.—(2) Vegetable KingDOM.-(3) MINERAL KINGDOM.-(4) MAN.

1. ANIMAL KINGDOM.

AUDUBON, (J. J.) The Quadrupeds of N. America. Folio.

New-York, 1843

V. NATURAL HISTORY.-(Continued.)

AUDUBON AND BACHMAN. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North
America. By John James Audubon, and the Rev. John Bachman. Vol.
1, imp. 8vo.
New-York, 1846
AUDUBON, (J. J.) Ornithological Biography: or an Account of the
Habits of the Birds of the United States. 5 vols. 8vo. Philada., 1831-39
The Birds of America, from Original Drawings. 4 vols. folio.

The Birds of America. 7 vols. 8vo.
Synopsis of the Birds of America. 8vo.

London, 1827-38 New-York, 1840-45

Edinburgh, 1839

WILSON, (ALEXR.) American Ornithology. 4 vols. 4to, col. plates.

of American Birds, including those described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall, and Richardson. By T. M. Brewer. 8vo, plates. Boston, 1840 BONAPARTE, (CHAS.) American Ornithology. 4 vols. 4to.

Philadelphia, 1825-33

Boston, 1834

A Geographical and Comparative List of the Birds of Europe and
North America. 8vo.
London, 1838
NUTTALL, (THOS.) Manual of the Ornithology of the United States
and Canada. 2 vols. post 8vo.
HOLBROOK, (J. E.) North American Herpetology: or a Description of
the Reptiles inhabiting the United States, 5 vols. 4to. Philad, 1842
CONRAD, (T. A.) Monograph of the Family Unionidæ, or Naides of
Lamarck, of North America. Plates. Nos. 1 to have appeared.
Philadelphia.

FAUNA BOREALI-AMERICANA: or the Zoology of the Northern
Parts of British America. 3 vols. 4to.

London, 1829-32

248.

50s.

248.

278.

GOSSE, (P. H.) The Canadian Naturalist: a Series of Conversations on
the Natural History of Lower Canada. 1 vol. 8vo, 128. London, 1842
HALDEMAN, (S. S.) A Monograph of the Limniades, or Fresh Water
Univalve Shells of North America. Nos. 1 to plates. Philadelphia.
SMITH, (J. V. C.) Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusetts. 12mo..
Boston, 1833

See also GOULD on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts; HARRIS on the Insects of
New England Injurious to Vegetation; Legislative Reports of the Various
States, &c.

2. VEGETABLE KINGDOM.

FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA: comprising an account of all the
Indigenous and Cultivated Plants growing North of Mexico, by Jno.
Torrey and Asa Gray. 3 vols. 8vo.
New-York, 1838-
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA; or a description of the Forest Trees
of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, by And. Michaux, and
Tho. Nuttall. 6 vols. imp. 8vo, coloured plates. Philadelphia, 1843
BROWNE, (D. J.) The Trees of America, Native and Foreign, Picto-
rially and Botanically delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly de-
scribed; being considered principally with reference to their Geography
and History, Soil and Situation, Propagation and Culture, Accidents and
Diseases, &c., &c. Superroyal 8vo.
New-York, 1846

V. NATURAL HISTORY.-(Continued.)

Sylva Americana; or American Forest Trees. 8vo, plates.

Boston, 1832
DOWNING, (A. J.) The Fruit and Fruit Trees of America. 6th ed.
$150.
New-York, 1846

NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW-YORK (BY AUTHORITY).
Mollusca and Crustacea. By James E. de Kay. 1 vol. roy. 4to, 53
coloured plates.

Geology: Fourth District. By James Hall. 19 plates, maps.
Geology: First District. By William W. Mather.

Zoology; By James E. de Kay. 141 coloured plates.

Flora. By John Torrey.

44 plates, maps.

See also BIGELOW's Plants of Boston, &c.; EATON & WRIGHT'S N. A. Botany.
ELLIOTT'S Botany of the Southern States.

3. MINERAL KINGDOM.

CLIMATE.

See Legislative Reports on the Geology of the Various States.

FORRY, (S.) The Climate of the United States, and its Endemic Influences. 8vo.

4. MAN.

New-York, 1842

MORTON, (S. G.) Crania Americana; or a Comparative View of the
Skulls of various Aboriginal Nations of North and South America. Fol.

Philad., 1839

ORBIGNY, (D'.) L'Homme Américain (de l'Amérique méridionale),
consideré sous les rapports physiologiques et moraux. 2 vols. 8vo, et At-
las, f.18.
Paris, 1839
PRICHARD, (J. C.) Natural History of Man. 2d ed. 1 vol. roy. 8vo,
plates, £1 11s. 6d.
London, 1845

.

See also PRICHARD's Researches into the Physical History of Mankind, Vol. 5,
WILKES'S Exploring Expedition, Ethnography by HOR. HALE.

VI. LANGUAGE.

PICKERING, (J.) Remarks on the Indian Languages of North America. 8vo. Boston, 1836 DUPONCEAU, (P. E.) Mémoires sur le système grammatical des langues de quelques nations indiennes de l'Amérique du Nord. 8vo. Paris, 1828 ZEISBERGER, (D) Grammar of the language of the Lenni Lenape of the Delaware Indians. 4to. Philad., 1827 EDWARDS, (J.) Observations on the Muhhekaneew Indians. 8vo.

Boston, 1823

HOWSE, (J.) A Grammar of the Cree Language: with which is com-
bined an Analysis of the Chippewa Dialect. 8vo, 98. 6d. London, 1844
MOLINA, (A. DE.) Arte de la lingua mexicana y castellana. 8vo.
Mexico, 1571

AMERICAN INDIANS.

COLDEN, (C.) History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada:-their Religion, Manners and Customs, Battles with the Europeans, &c. 8vo, 68. London, 1747

ADAIR, (JAS.) History of the American Indians, with an Account of their Origin, Language, Customs, Productions, &c. 4to, map, £1 18.