BOOKS OF TRAVEL BY FOREIGNERS ABDY, E.S. _Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States from April, 1833, to October, 1834_. Three volumes. (London, 1835.) Abdy was a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. ALLIOT, PAUL. _Réflexions historiques et politigues sur la Louisiane_. (Cleveland, 1911.) Good for economic conditions. Valuable for information concerning New Orleans about the beginning of the nineteenth century. ARFWEDSON, C.D. _The United States and Canada in 1833 and 1834_. Two volumes. (London, 1834.) Somewhat helpful. BREMER, FREDERIKA. _The Homes of the New World; Impressions of America_. Translated by M. Howitt. Two volumes. (London, 1853.) The teaching of Negroes in the South is mentioned in several places. BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, J.P. _New Travels in the United States of America: including the Commerce of America with Europe, particularly with Great Britain and France_. Two volumes. (London, 1794.) Gives general impressions, few details. BUCKINGHAM, J.S. _America, Historical, Statistical, and Descriptive_. Two volumes. (New York, 1841.) ---- _Eastern and Western States of America_. Three volumes. (London and Paris, 1842.) Contains useful information. BULLOCK, W. _Sketch of a Journey through the Western States of North America from New Orleans by the Mississippi, Ohio, City of Cincinnati, and Falls of Niagara to New York_. (London, 1827.) The author makes mention of the condition of the Negroes. COKE, THOMAS. _Extracts from the Journals of the Rev. Dr. Coke's Three Visits to America_. (London, 1790.) Contains general information. ---- _A Journal of the Reverend Doctor Coke's Fourth Tour on the Continent of America_. (London, 1792.) Brings out the interest of this churchman in the elevation of the Negroes. CUMING, F. _Sketches of a Tour to the Western Country through the States of Kentucky and Ohio; a Voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and a Trip through the Mississippi Territory and Part of West Florida, Commenced at Philadelphia in the Winter of 1807 and Concluded in 1809_. (Pittsburg, 1810.) Gives a few facts. FAUX, W. _Venerable Days in America_. (London, 1823.) A "journal of a tour in the United States principally undertaken to ascertain by positive evidence, the condition and probable prospects of British emigrants, including accounts of Mr. Kirkbeck's settlement in Illinois and intended to show men and things as they are in America." The Negroes are casually mentioned. HUMBOLDT, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER, FREIHERR VON. _The Travels and Researches of Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt._ (London, 1833.) The author gives a "condensed narrative of his journeys in the equinoctial regions in America and in Asiatic Russia." The work contains also analyses of his important investigations. He throws a little light on the condition of the mixed breeds of the Western Hemisphere.