Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)Herrick, Francis Hobart
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Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)
Herrick, Francis Hobart
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
An early version, taken from the original journal, and probably given
by Audubon himself to some of his friends, possibly Spencer F. Baird,
who visited him in both early and late April of this year. For passages
not since reproduced, see Vol. I, p. 341. Citation from copy in the
Public Library, New York City.
For fuller journal records, see _Audubon and his Journals_ (No. 86),
including "European Journals," (1826-1827), vol. i, pp. 79-242; the
"Labrador Journal," 1833, vol. i, pp. 343-446; and the "Missouri River
Journals," 1843, vol. i, pp. 447-532, and vol. ii, pp. 1-196.
g. Familiar Letters
43. COUES, ELLIOTT:
"Behind the Veil." _Bulletin Nuttall Ornithological Club_, vol. v,
pp. 193-204. Cambridge, 1880.
Gives interesting letters by Audubon and MacGillivray, which are
reproduced in the present work.
44. GORDON, MRS.:
_"Christopher North": A Memoir of John Wilson._ New York, 1894.
For letter of J. J. Audubon to J. Wilson, no date [Jany. 1, 1836], see
pp. 363-364.
45. SHUFELDT, R. W., and AUDUBON, M. R.:
"The Last Portrait of Audubon, together with a Letter to his Son."
_The Auk_, vol. xi, pp. 309-313. New York, 1894.
46. RHOADS, S. N.:
"Auduboniana," _The Auk_, vol. xx, pp. 377-383. Cambridge, 1903.
Gives three letters to Edward Harris, partly reproduced in the present
work.
47. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
"Unpublished Letters of John James Audubon and Spencer F. Baird,"
_The Auk_, vol. xxi, pp. 255-259. Cambridge, 1904.
First installment.
48. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
(a) "A Hitherto Unpublished Letter of John James Audubon," _The
Auk_, vol. xxii, pp. 170-171. Cambridge, 1905.
(b) See also "An Unpublished Letter of John James Audubon to his
Family," _The Auk_, vol. xxv, pp. 166-169. Cambridge, 1908.
49. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
"Unpublished Letters of John James Audubon and Spencer F. Baird,"
I, _The Auk_, vol. xxiii, pp. 194-209. Cambridge, 1906.
Second installment.
50. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
"Unpublished Letters of John James Audubon and Spencer F. Baird,"
II, _The Auk_, vol. xxiii, pp. 318-334. Cambridge, 1906.
Third installment.
51. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
"Unpublished Letters of John James Audubon and Spencer F. Baird,"
III, _The Auk_, vol. xxiv, pp. 53-70. Cambridge, 1907.
Fourth installment.
52. DALL, WILLIAM HEALEY:
_Spencer Fullerton Baird: A Biography._ Pp. i-xvi, 1-462. 8vo. 19
illust. Philadelphia and London, 1915.
Reproduces eighteen letters of Audubon to Baird, dating from June 13,
1840, to February 11, 1847.
53. THAYER, JOHN E.:
"Auduboniana," _The Auk_, vol. xxxiii, pp. 115-118, 4 plates.
Cambridge, 1916.
Reproduces four original water-color drawings, and two letters
addressed to Dr. George Parkman, dated "New York, June 20th," and
"August 13th 1841."
54. GRINNELL, GEORGE BIRD:
"Some Audubon Letters," _The Auk_, vol. xxxiii, pp. 119-130.
Cambridge, 1916.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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