ok that Bacon is
believed to have died in 1292, some years before Marco's return from the
East.

36. D'AVEZAC, M. Remarks in his most valuable _Notice sur les Anciens
Voyages de Tartarie, &c._, in the _Recueil de Voyages et de Memoires publie
par la Societe de Geographie_, tom. iv. pp. 407 seqq. Paris,1839. Also
article in the _Bulletin de la Soc. de Geog., &c._, for August, 1841; and
in _Journal Asiat._ ser. II. tom. xvi. p. 117.

37. PARAVEY, Chev. DE. Article in _Journ. Asiatique_, ser. II. tom. xvi.
1841, p. 101.

38. HAMMER-PURGSTALL, in _Bull. de la Soc. de Geog._, tom. iii. No. 21, p.
45.

39. QUATREMERE, ETIENNE. His translations and other works on Oriental
subjects abound in valuable indirect illustrations of M. Polo; but in
_Notices et Extraits des MSS. de la Bibliotheque du Rio_, tom. xvi. Pt. i.
pp. 281-286, Paris, 1843, there are some excellent remarks both on the work
itself and on Marsden's Edition of it.

40. MACFARLANE, CHARLESE _Romance of Travel_. London, C. Knight. 1846.

A good deal of intelligent talk on Marco Polo.

41. MEYER, ERNST H.F. _Geschichte der Botanik_. Koenigsberg, 1854-57.

In vol. iv, there is a special chapter on Marco Polo's notices of plants.

42. THOMAS, Professor G.M. _Zu Marco Polo, aus einem Cod. ital.
Monacensis_ in the _Sitzungsberichten der Muenchner Akademie_, 4th March,
1862, pp. 261-270

43. KHANIKOFF, NICOLAS DE. _Notice sur le Livre de Marco Polo, edite et
commente par M.G. Pauthier_. Paris, 1866. Extracted from the _Journal
Asiatique_. I have frequently quoted this with advantage, and sometimes
have ventured to dissent from it.

44. CAHIER, Pere. Criticism of Pauthier's _Marco Polo_, and reply by G.
Pauthier, in _Etudes Litteraires et Religieuses_ of 1866 and 1867. Paris.

45. BARTHELEMY ST. HILAIRE. A series of articles on Marco Polo in the
_Journal des Savants_ of January-May, 1867, chiefly consisting of a
reproduction of Pauthier's views and deductions.

46. DE GUBERNATIS, Prof. ANGELO. _Memoria intorno ai Viaggiatori italiani
nelle Indie Orientali, dal secolo XIII. a tutto il XVI_. Firenze, 1867.

47. BIANCONI, Prof. GIUSEPPE. _Degli Scritti di Marco Polo e dell' Uccello_
RUC _da lui menzionato._ 2 parts large 8vo. Bologna, 1862 and 1868, pp. 64,
40.

A meritorious essay, containing good remarks on the comparison of different
Texts.

48. KINGSLEY, HENRY. _Tales of Old Travel renarrated_. London, 1869.

This begins with Marco Polo. The work has