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Mpongwe. The Gospel according to St. John, translated into the Mpongwe Language, by Missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Gaboon, Western Africa. 12mo, pp. 104. New York, 1852. cloth. 3s. Nordheimer.-A Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language, by Isaac Nordheimer, Dr. Phil. &c. &c. In two volumes. New York, 1838. Nordheimer. Chrestomathy; or, a Grammatical Analysis of Selections from the Hebrew Scriptures, with an Exercise in Hebrew Composition, by Dr. Isaac Nordheimer. 8vo. New York.

7s. 6d. 7s. 6d.

Noyes.-Hebrew Reader, by G. R. Noyes. 8vo. Boston.
Palfrey.-Syriac Grammar, by the Rev. J. G. Palfrey. 8vo. Boston. cloth. 4s.
Patronomatology.-An Essay on the Philosophy of Surnames. 12mo.
Baltimore, Bradley.

Peter. Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and Rome, by various
Translators. Edited by Wm. Peter, A.M. royal 8vo, pp. xiv. and 536.
Philadelphia, 1848. cloth.

Pickering.-A Vocabulary or Collection of Words and Phrases, which have been supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America; to which is prefixed an Essay on the present state of the English Language in the United States, by F. Pickering. 8vo. Boston, 1816.

Pickering. Memoir on the Language and Inhabitants of Lord North's Island. From the Memoirs of the American Academy, by John Pickering. 4to. Cambridge, Mass., 1845. sewed.

5s.

Pickering. A Comprehensive Lexicon of the Greek Language, adapted to the Use of Colleges and Schools in the United States, by John Pickering, LL.D. New edition, revised and corrected. 8vo. Boston, 1853. £1 11s. 6d. Plutarch's Lives.-Partly from Dryden's translation, and partly from other hands; the whole carefully revised and corrected, with some original translations, by the Editor, A. H. Clough, Esq., late Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. 5 vols. 8vo. Boston.

Premare. Notitia Linguæ Sinica, by Premare. Translated into English by E. C. Bridgman. 8vo, pp. 372. Canton, 1847. half-bound. 14s. Rhenius.-A Grammar of the Tamil Language, by C. T. E. Rhenius. With an Appendix. 2nd edition. royal 8vo. Madras, 1846. boards. 12s. Riggs. A Brief Grammar of the Modern Armenian Language, as spoken in Constantinople and Asia Minor, by Elias Riggs. 8vo. Smyrna, 1847. 5s. Riggs. A Vocabulary of Words used in Modern Armenian, but not found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, by E. Riggs. 8vo. Smyrna, 1847. sewed 6s. Riggs.-Manual of the Chaldee Language; comprising a Grammar, Chrestomathy, &c., by Elias Riggs, A.M. 8vo. Boston. Riggs.-Notes on the Grammar of the Bulgarian Language, by Elias Riggs. 12mo. Smyrna, 1847. sewed.

9s.

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Riggs. Outline of a Grammar of the Turkish Language, as written in the Armenian Character, by Elias Riggs, Missionary. 16mo, pp. 56. Constantinople, 1856.

5s.

£1 8s.

Robinson.-A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament, by Edward Robinson. A new edition, revised, and in great part rewritten. royal 8vo. New York, 1850. cloth. Roy.-A Complete Hebrew and English Dictionary, on a New and Improved Plan; containing all the Words in the Holy Bible, both Hebrew and Chaldee, with the Vowel Points, Prefixes and Affixes, as they stand in the Original Text; together with their Derivation, literal and etymological Meaning as it occurs in every part of the Bible, and illustrated by numerous Citations from the Targums, Talmud, and Cognate Dialects, by M. L. Roy, Professor of Oriental Languages in New York. 8vo, pp. 740. New York, Collins, Keese, and Co., 1838.

Sanderson. Remarks on the Plan of a College to exclude the Latin and Greek Languages, by John Sanderson. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1826.

6s.

6s.

Sanscrit.-Psalms in Sanscrit Verse. 12mo. Calcutta. cloth. Sanscrit. The Book of the Prophet Isaiah. In Sanscrit. 12mo. Calcutta. cloth. Sanscrit.-Genesis, the Book of, and part of Exodus, in Sanscrit. Translated from the Hebrew by the Calcutta Baptist Missionaries. 12mo. Calcutta, 1843. cloth.

6s.

Schele de Vere.-Outlines of Comparative Philology; with a Sketch of the Languages of Europe, arranged upon Philological Principles, and a Brief History of the Art of Writing, by Professor Schele de Vere, of the University of Virginia. 12mo. New York, 1853. cloth. Siamese. The Four Gospels and Acts translated into the Siamese Language, by J. T. Jones 8vo. Bangkok, 1849. cloth. 12s.

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Siamese. The New Testament in the Siamese Language. Translated from the Greek, by J. T. Jones. 8vo. Bangkok, 1850. cloth. 18s. Siamese. The Principal Books of the New Testament in Siamese. 8vo. Bangkok. bound. Soahil-A Vocabulary of the Soahil Language. From the Memoirs of the American Academy. 4to. Cambridge, Mass., 1845. sewed. Sophocles. History of the Greek Alphabet and Pronunciation, by E. A. Sophocles, A.M. crown 8vo, pp. 144. Cambridge, 1854. cloth. 7s. Stoddard. A Grammar of the Modern Syriac Language, as spoken in Oroomiah, Persia, and in Koordistan, by Kev. D. T. Stoddard, Missionary of the American Board in Persia. 8vo, pp. 188. New Haven, 1855. 7s. 6d. Stratton. Illustrations of the Affinity of the Latin Languages to the Gaelic, or Celtic of Scotland, by T. Stratton. 8vo. 1840.

Stuart. A Hebrew Grammar, with a Praxis on Select Portions of Genesis and the Psalms, by Moses Stuart. A new edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo, pp. 438. Andover, 1823. boards.

Stuart.-A Hebrew Chrestomathy, designed as an Introduction to a Course of Hebrew Study, by Moses Stuart, Assistant Professor of Sacred Literature in the Theological Institution at Andover. 3rd edition, with corrections and additions. 8vo, pp. vii. and 231. Andover and New York. 1838. cloth. 7s. 6d. Stuart. A Grammar of the New Testament Dialect, by Moses Stuart. 2nd edition. Andover, Mass.

12s. Talvi. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slave Nations, by Mrs. Edward Robinson (Talvi). 8vo. New York, 1850. 7s. 6d. Tamil. First Lessons in English and Tamul: designed to assist Tamul Youth in the Study of the English Language. 16mo. Manepy, Press of the American Mission, 1835. cloth. 6s. Tamil. An English and Tamil Dictionary, or Manual Lexicon for Schools; giving, in Tamil, all important English Words, and the Use of many in Phrases, by Rev. J. Knight and Rev. J. Spaulding. Revised, in great part, by the Rev. S. Hutchings. 8vo. Madras, 1844. half-bound. Tamil.-Manual Dictionary of the Tamil Language. Published by the Jaffna Book Society. Contains about 58,500 words. 8vo. Jaffna, 1842. calf. 18s. Transactions of American Ethnological Society. See under "Natural History of Man."

18s.

Turner. The Claims of the Hebrew Language and Literature, by S. H. Turner. 8vo. Andover, 1831.

Uhlemann's Syriac Grammar, translated from the German, by Enoch Hutchinson. With a Course of Exercises in Syriac Grammar and a Chrestomathy and brief Lexicon, prepared by the Translator. 8vo, pp. 368. New York, 1855. cloth.

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Wade. Thesaurus of Karen Knowledge; comprising Traditions, Legends or Fables, Poetry, Customs, Superstitions, Demonology, Therapeutics, etc. Alphabetically arranged, and forming a complete Native Karen Dictionary, with Definitions and Examples, illustrating the Usages of every Word.

£4 4s.

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Written by Sau Cau-Too, and compiled by J. Wade. 4 vols. 8vo. Tavoy, 1847 to 1850. bound. Wade.-A Vocabulary of the Sgau Karen Language, by Rev. J. Wade. 8vo, pp. 1024. Tavoy, 1849. sheep. Williams.-Easy Lessons in Chinese; or, Progressive Exercises to facilitate the Study of that Language, especially adapted to the Canton Dialect, by S. Wells Williams. 8vo, pp. 298. Macao, 1842. half-bound. Williams.—An English and Chinese Vocabulary, in the Court Dialect, by S. Wells Williams. 8vo, pp. 536. Macao, 1844. half-bound. £1 ls. Winer. Grammar of the Chaldee Language, as contained in the Bible and Targums, by Dr. George B. Winer. Translated by H. B. Hackett. 8vo. Andover, 1815.

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7s. Winer. A Grammar of the Idioms of the Greek Language of the New Testament, by Dr. George B. Winer. Translated by Agnew and Ebbeke. Svo. New York, 1850.` 18s. Wood. Grammar of the English Language, for the Use of Armenians, by Wood. 12mo, pp. 274. Smyrna. half-bound.

7s. 6d.

XIV.

AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES, INDIANS, AND
LANGUAGES.

(See also under "Natural History of Man.")

Alden.-An Account of Sundry Missions performed among the Senecas and Munsees, by the Rev. Timothy Alden. 18mo, pp. 180. New York, 1827. Archeologia Americana.-Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. Published by direction of the Society. Vol. I. Svo, pp. 436. Worcester, Mass., 1820.

CONTENTS.

An Account of the River Mississippi, and the Adjacent Country by the Lakes, by Father Lewis Hennepin.

Account of La Salle's undertaking to discover the River Mississippi, by way of the Gulf of Mexico, by the same.

A Description of the Antiquities discovered in the State of Ohio and other Western States, by Caleb Atwater, Esq.

Antiquities of Indians of the Present Race.-Antiquities belonging to People of European origin.-Antiquities of that Ancient Race of People who formerly inhabited the Western parts of the United States.

In what part of the world similar Antiquities are found?

Ancient Works near Newark, Ohio, in Perry County, at Marietta, at Circleville,
on the main Branch of Paint Creek, on the North Forth of Paint Creek,
at Portsmouth, on the Little Miami, at Grave Greek, below Wheeling.
Ancient Tumuli, at Marietta, in Scioto County, at Circleville, at Challicothe.
Articles found in an Ancient Mound in Cincinnati.-Idem in Marietta.-Idem in
and near Circleville.

Ancient Mounds of Stone.-Idem beyond the limits of Ohio.
Articles taken from an Ancient Mound at Grave Creek.-Ancient Mounds of St.
Louis, and other places on the Mississippi.-Ancient Cities.-Miscellaneous
Remarks on the Uses of the Mounds.-Places of Diversion.--Parallel Walls of
Earth.-Conjectures respecting the Origin and History of the Authors of the
Ancient Works in Ohio, &c.-Evidence of the Antiquity of these Works derived
from the Scriptures, from their resemblance to those existing in Great Britain
and in the Russian Empire, &c.-Evidence that their Authors were a distinct
People from the present Race of Indians, derived from the manner of Burying

their Dead, from the Size of their Skeletons, from the practice of Ablution &c. -Idol discovered near Nashville.-Idem at Natchez.-At what period did the Ancient Race of People arrive in Ohio? How long did they reside here?— What was their number?-The state of the Arts among them.-Urns discovered at Chillicothe.-Dress of the Mummies.-Description and Figure of several Ornaments and Domestic Utensils.-Their Scientific Acquirements.Their Idolatry.-Religious Rites and Places of Worship.-What finally became of this People?-With an Appendix containing a Description of the Teocalli of the Mexicans, from Humboldt.-Maps, Plans, and Engravings. Account of the Present State of the Indian Tribes inhabiting Ohio. Communicated by John Johnston, Esq., United States Agent of Indian Affairs, at Piqua. Containing a Table showing the State of the Indians in Ohio, in October, 1819, viz. their Numbers, Tribes, Towns.-With an Account of their Manners and Customs.-Treaties now in force between them and the United States.-A Vocabulary of the Language of the Shawanoese, and a Specimen of the Wyandot Language.-Names of the Rivers. Conjectures respecting the Ancient Inhabitants of North America. Communicated by Moses Fiske, Esq. Antiquities and Curiosities of Western Pennsylvania.-Communicated by President Alden. Communications from Dr. Samuel Mitchill, LL.D., &c.--Specimens of the Poetry and Singing of the Osages.-Description of the Mummy found in Kentucky.-On the Resemblance between the Original Inhabitants of America, and the Malays of Australasia, and the Tartars of the North.-The Original Inhabitants of America shown to be of the same Family and Lineage with those of Asia.-Answer to Remarks on ditto.-On the Migration of Malays, Tartars, and Scandinavians to America.-Further conjectures respecting the Origin and Antiquities of the Aborigines of America.

Remarkable Cave in Kentucky, described by J. H. Farnham.

Account of an exsiccated Body, or Mummy, found in the said Cave, by Charles Wilkins, Esq.

Account of the Caraibs, who inhabited the Antilles. Communicated by William Sheldon, Esq., of Jamaica.

APPENDIX.

Account of a great and very extraordinary Cave in Indiana, by Benjamin Adams (the owner of the Cave).

Archæologia Americana.-Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. Vol. II. Map. 8vo, pp. xxx. and 573. Cambridge, 1836.

Officers of the Society for 1835, 1836.

CONTENTS.

A Memoir of Isaiah Thomas, LL.D., First President of the American Antiquarian Society, by Samuel M. Burnside, Esq.

1. A Synopsis of the Indian Tribes of North America, by Albert Gallatin, LL.D. 2. An Historical Account of the Doings and Sufferings of the Christian Indians of New England, by David Gookin.

3. A Description of a Leaden Plate or Medal, found near the Mouth of the Muskingum, in the State of Ohio, by De Witt Clinton, LL.D.

4. A Description of the Ruins of Copan, in Central America, by Col. Juan Galindo. 5. A Letter from the Rev. Adam Clarke, D.D., LL.D., to Peter S. Du Ponceau, LL.D. 6. Obituary Notice of Christopher C. Baldwin, Esq., late Librarian of the American Antiquarian Society, by John Davis, LL.D.

Catalogue of the Members of the Society.

The bulk of this volume is devoted to Mr. Gallatin's Essay on the Structure of the Indian Languages, and the data on which it is based. The latter consist of the following papers: 1. Grammatical Notices on the various stock tribes of North America: with two Maps. 2. Verbal forms, exhibiting specimens of simple conjugations and transitions, in fifteen languages. 3. Vocabularies and select sentences, preceded by a tabular view of the American tribes, as far as they are known, to the number of sixty-four distinct tribes or bands. . . . . This body of documentary matter is preceded by upwards of 200 pages of historical and critical text, in which the author unfolds the result of his reading and reflections on the subject. This Introductory Essay is terminated with "General Observations," which every one ought to read, who admires accurate observations, sound philosophy, and just criticism.

Archæologia Americana.-Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. Vol. III. 8vo, pp. cxxxviii. and 377. Boston, printed for the Society, 1857.

CONTENTS.

Records of the Company of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, from 1628 to 1641, as contained in the first volume of the Archives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Origin of the Company.
Records of the Company.

Records of the Company of Massachusetts' Bay, to the Embarkation of Winthorp and his Associates for New England.

The Diaries of John Hall, Mint-master and Treasurer of the Colony of Massachusetts' Bay.

Memoir of the Hon. Thomas Lindall Winthorp, LL.D., Second President of the
American Antiquarian Society.

Memoir of the Hon. John Davies, LL.D., Fourth President of the Society.
Officers and Members of the Society.

Index.

Arrawack. The Acts of the Apostles, translated into the Arrawack Tongue, by the Rev. Theodore Schultz, in 1802. 12mo. New York, 1857. cloth.

1s. 6d.

Atwater.-Description of Western Antiquities, by Caleb Atwater. 12mo. Columbus, O., 1833.

Atwater. The Writings of Caleb Atwater. Published by the Author, and consisting of (1) a Description of the Antiquities discovered in the Western Country; originally communicated to the American Antiquarian Society. (2) Remarks made on a Tour to Prairie du Chien, thence to Washington City, in 1829. 8vo. Columbus, 1833.

Baraga. A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language, by the Rev. Frederick Baraga. 12mo, pp. 576. Detroit, 1851. Baraga.-A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, explained in English, by the Rev. Frederick Baraga. 12mo, pp. vii. and 662. Cincinnati, 1853. (This Language is spoken by the Chippewa Indians, as also by the Otawas, Potawatamies, and Algonquins, with but slight differences.)

Barton.-New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America, by B. Smith Barton. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1797.

Reprinted (second edition, corrected and enlarged), ibid. Printed for the author, by John Bjoren, 1798. 8vo, pp. 109; (preliminary discourse) 133; (comparative vocabularies of 70 words) 32; (appendix, containing notes and illustrations).

Belcourt. Principes de la Langue des Sauvages appelés Sauteux, par le Rév. G. A. Belcourt. 12mo, pp. 146. Québec, 1839.

Bingham.-Ojibwa Spelling-Book, according to the improved Orthography of Edwin James, by A. Bingham. 8vo. Albany, 1829.

Boudinot.-A Star in the West; or, an Humble Attempt to Discover the
Long-Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, by Elias Boudinot. Trenton, N. J.,
Fanton, Hutcheson, and Dunham, 1816. 8vo, pp. 312.
Bradford.-American Antiquities and Researches into the Origin and History
of the Red Race, by Alexander W. Bradford. 8vo, pp. 435. New
York, 1843.

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Brett. The Indian Tribes of Guyana, by W. H. Brett. 12mo. New York, 1852.

Brownell.-The Indian Races of North and South America, by Charles de Wolf Brownell. With numerous Illustrations. Svo, pp. 720. Hartford, 1853. bound.

14s.

Bucke.-Ruins of Ancient Cities; with General and particular Accounts of their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition, by Charles Bucke. 2 vols. 8vo. New York, 1841.

Byington. An English and Choctaw Definer, for the Choctaw Academies and Schools, by Cyrus Byington. 12mo, pp. 252. New York, 1852. halfbound.

5s.

Cass.-Inquiries respecting the History, Traditions, Languages, Manners, Customs, Religion, &c. of the Indians living within the United States, by General Cass. 8vo, pp. 64. Detroit, 1823.

Catalogue of Books in the Astor Library, relating to the Languages and Literature of Asia, Africa, and the Oceanic Islands. 8vo, pp. viii. and 424. New York, Astor Library, Autographic Press, 1854.

Contains pp. 179-187; also, Books on the languages of the American Indians.

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