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1555.—Olaus Magnus. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, earumque diversis statibus, conditionibus, etc., etc. Romae, 1555, p. 771.
*1556.—Olaus Magnus. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, etc., etc., (Editio nec Romae nec Basileae).
1560.—Gesner. Nomenclator aquatilium animantium (= Historia animalium liber IV), Tiguri, 1560, p. 93, 94.
1567.—Olaus Magnus. Historia de gentium septentrionalium variis conditionibus statibusve, etc., etc., Basileae, 1567, p. 799.
*1608.—Edward Topsell. The history of serpents, or the second booke of living creatures. With wood cuts in-fol. London, 1608, (315 pag.).
1640.—Aldrovandus. Serpentum et draconum historiae libri duo. Bononiae, 1640, p. 58, 59, 296.
1653.—Jonston. Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V, et de serpentibus et draconibus libri II. Francofurti, 1653.
1657.—Jonston. Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V, et de serpentibus et draconibus libri II, Amstelodami, 1657.
1660.—Jonston. Naeukeurige beschrijving van de natuur der vissen en der slangen en draken. Amsterdam, 1660. Deel II en IV.
*1665.—Jonston. Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V, et de serpentibus et draconibus libri II, Amstelodami, 1665.
1667.—Milton. Paradise Lost. I, 192-208.
1668.—Charleton. Onomasticon zoicon. Londini, 1668. p. 34.
*1670.—Berndsen. Danmarks og Norges fruchtbare Herlighed, 1670?
1674.—Adam Olearius. Gottorfische Kunstkammer. Schleswig, 1674.
*1690.—Ramus. Norges Beskrivelse, 1690?
1718.—Jonston. Theatrum universale omnium animalium, Amstelaedami. Edidit Ruysch. 1718.
*1722.—Jean Baptiste Labat. Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l’Amérique, contenant l’histoire naturelle de ces pays, etc. 6 Vols. Paris, Giffard, 1722. 12o.
1724.—Jean Baptiste Labat. Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l’Amérique, contenant l’histoire naturelle de ces pays, etc. 6 Vols. La Haye, 1724.
1725.—Père Labat. Nieuwe reizen naar de franse eilanden van Amerika: In ’t Nederlandsch in ’t ligt gebracht door W. C. Dijks. Amsterdam, 1725, Vol. IV. P. I. p. 43.—Vol. IV. P. II. p. 105.
*1730.—P. Dass. Beskrivelse over Nordland. 1730?
*1740.—Hans Egede. (A Full and Particular Relation of his Voyage to Greenland, as a Missionary, in the year 1734, printed in Danish at) Kjoebenhavn, 1740.
*1740.—Hans Egede. Ausführliche und Wahrhafte Nachricht vom Anfange und Fortgange der Groenländischen Mission, etc. Hamburg, 1740. 4o.
1741.—Paul Egede. Continuation af Relationerne betreffende den Groenlanske Mission, Tilstand og Beskaffenhed, Kjoebenhavn, 1741.
*1741.—Paul Egede. Fortgesetzte Relationen die Groenländische Mission betreffend; Kopenhagen, 1741.
1741.—Hans Egede. Det gamle Groenlands nye Perlustration. Kjoebenhavn, 1741.
1742.—Hans Egede. Des alten Groenlands neue Perlustration. Copenhagen, 1742.
*1742.—Paul Egede. Journal of the mission to Greenland, 2d. Vol. London, 1742. (The first Vol. by Hans Egede, and the third Vol. by Niels Egede do not contain anything about the subject.)
*1742.—Labat. Nouveau Voyage aux Isles françaises de l’Amérique, VII, p. 341. Paris, 1742.
1742.—Charles Owen. An Essay towards a Natural History of Serpents. London, John Gray, 1742.
*1743?—Paul Egede. Efterretninger om Grönland. Kjöbenhavn, 1743? p. 45-46.
*1745.—Hans Egede. A description of Greenland. London. 1745.
1746—Hans Egede. Beschrijving van Oud Groenland, Delft, 1746.
*1753—Eric Pontoppidan. Det förste Forsög paa Norges natuurlige Historie. Kjoebenhavn, 2d. Vol. 1753.
1754.—Erich Pontoppidan. Versuch einer natuerlichen Historie von Norwegen, 2d. Vol. Cap. VIII. § 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Kopenhagen, 1754.
1755.—Eric Pontoppidan. The Natural History of Norway. London, 1755.
*1760.—Hans Egede. New Natural History of Greenland. 1760.?
1763.—Hans Egede. Description et Histoire Naturelle de Groenland. Copenhague et Genève, 1763.
1763.—Hans Egede. Beschreibung und Naturgeschichte von Groenland. Berlin, 1763.
*1764.—Jonston. Theatrum universale omnium animalium. Heilbron, 1764.
*1765.—Knud Leems. Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper, 1765.
*1767.—Canutus Leemius. De Lapponibus Finmarchiae eorumque lingua, vita et religione historia, c. notis J. E. Gruneri. (Text in Latin and Danish.) 2 Vols. 4o. with 100 figgs.
*1768.—Jonston. Historia naturalis de piscibus et cetis, et de serpentibus et draconibus. Rouan, 1768.
*1771.—Knud Leems. Nachrichten von den Lappen in Finmarken, ihrer Sprache, Sitten, u. s. w. Aus dem Dän. übers. v. J. J. Volckmann. Leipzig, 1771. 8o.
*1789.—Paul Egede. (Intelligences from Greenland, in the original Danish language). Kjoebenhavn, 1789.
*1790.—Paul Egede. Nachrichten von Groenland aus einem Tagebuch geführt von 1721-1788. Kopenhagen, 1790.
*1805.—Peter Ascanius. Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d’histoire naturelle du Nord. Cah. V. Copenhague 1805. (In the first four Cahiers the author does not touch the subject).
1808, Nov.—The Philosophical Magazine. Vol. 32, p. 190.
1809, Jan.—The Philosophical Magazine. Vol. 33, p. 90.
1809, March.—The Philosophical Magazine. Vol. 33, p. 251.
1809, May.—The Philosophical Magazine. Vol. 33, p. 411.
1809, July.—E. Home. An anatomical account of the Squalus Maximus, which, etc.—Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society at London, 1809. Vol. 98, p. 206-220.
1811, March.—Dr. Barclay. Remarks on some parts of the animal that was cast ashore on the Island of Stronsa, September 1808.—Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Vol. I.
1817, Aug. 20.—Extract from a letter from S. G. Perkins, Esq. dated Boston, Aug. 20, 1817, to E. Everett, in Paris.—(This extract, a manuscript, preserved in the Library of the Royal University of Göttingen, has never before been printed.)
*1817, Oct. 15.—The Columbian (newspaper).
*1817, Oct. 22 or 23.—(A New York newspaper).
1817, Nov. 13.—Letter from Edward Everett in Paris to the “Obermedicinalrath und Ritter” Blumenbach in Göttingen.—(This letter preserved in the Library of the Royal University of Göttingen, has never before appeared in print).
1817, Dec.—Report of a Committee of the Linnaean Society of New England relative to a large marine animal, supposed to be a sea-serpent, seen near Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in August, 1817. 8o. Boston, 1817, with two plates, 52 pg.
*1817.—Transactions of the Linnaean Society of New England. Boston, 1817.
1818, April.—H. M. Ducrotay de Blainville. Sur un nouveau genre de Serpent, Scoliophis, et le Serpent de mer vu en Amérique en 1817.—Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d’Histoire Naturelle. Vol. 86. Paris, 1818.
1818, June.—Sur le serpent nommé Scoliophis.—Extrait d’une lettre de M. A. Lesueur au Rédacteur (Mr. H. M. Ducrotay de Blainville). Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d’Histoire Naturelle. Vol. 86. Paris 1818.
1818.—Hoffmann and Oken. Thier von Stronsa. Oken’s Isis, II, 1818, p. 2096.
1818.—W. D. Peck. Some Observations on the Sea-Serpent.—Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vol. IV. Part 1. Cambridge 1818.
1818.—American Sea Serpent.—The Journal of Science and the Arts.—Edited at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Vol. IV. London, 1818, p. 378.
1818.—American Sea-Serpent.—The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts. R. Inst. Vol. VI. London, 1818, p. 163.
1818.—Wieder eine ungeheure Meerschlange an America.—Oken’s Isis, 1818, p. 2100.
*1818, June 9.—Commercial Advertiser, Boston.
1818, Aug. 21.—(Boston Newspaper). A paragraph from this newspaper is preserved in the library of the Royal University of Göttingen.
1818, Sept. 11.—Letter from Mr. Andrews Norton to Mr. George Bancroft, at that time a resident at Göttingen.—The letter is preserved in the library of the Royal University of Göttingen, and has never before appeared in print.
*1818.—W .... On the history of the Great Sea-Serpent.—Blackwood’s Magazine, III. p. 33-42.
1819, Jan.—American Sea-Serpent.—The Philosophical Magazine, Vol. LIII, p. 71.
1819.—W. D. Peck. Some observations on the Sea Serpent.—The Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts. R. Inst. Vol. VIII. London, 1819, p. 68.
1819.—Scoliophis. Eine neue Schlangen-Sippe.—Oken’s Isis, 1819, p. 113.
1819.—Meerschlange in Amerika. Lesueur aus Amerika an Blainville.—Oken’s Isis, 1819. p. 263.
1819.—Ueber die Meerschlange an Amerika. Von T. Say aus Philadelphia an Leach in London.—Oken’s Isis, 1819, p. 653.
1819.—Einige Bemerkungen über die Meerschlange von Amerika, von W. D. Peck, Prof. d. N. G. in Amerika.—Oken’s Isis, 1819, p. 1123.
*1819. Aug. 19.—Boston Daily Advertiser.
*1819.—Boston Centinel.
1819.—Amerikanische Meerschlange.—Oken’s Isis, 1819. p. 1754.
1819. Nov.—C. S. Rafinesque Schmaltz. Dissertation on Water-Snakes, Sea-Snakes and Sea-Serpents.—Philosophical Magazine. Vol. LIV.
1820, May.—Prof. Jacob Bigelow. Documents and Remarks respecting the Sea-Serpent.—Silliman’s American Journal of Science and Arts. Vol. II, p. 147-154. Boston (1819) 1820.
1820.—De beruchte Zeeslang op de kusten van Noord-Amerika.—Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen voor 1820, Tweede Stuk, Mengelwerk, Amsterdam, 1820.
1821.—On the American Sea-Serpent.—The Philosophical Magazine and Journal, Vol. 57, 1821, p. 356-359.
1821.—Walter Scott. The Pirate, Vol. I, Chp. II.
1821.—Otto von Kotzebue. Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See und nach der Behrings-Strasse zur Erforschung einer nordöstlichen Durchfahrt. Unternommen in den Jahren 1815, 1816, 1817 und 1818. Weimar, 1821, Zweiter Band, p. 108.
*1821.—Otto von Kotsebue. Voyage of discovery into the South-Sea and Behring’s Straits, London, 1822.
1821.—Sea-Serpent.—The Philosophical Magazine and Journal, Vol. 58, p. 454.
1821.—Analysis of one of the Vertebrae of the Orkney Animal.—The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. Vol. V, p. 227.
1822. Jan.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, I, no. 19, p. 294.
1822.—Dr. Hibbert. Description of the Shetland-Islands. London, 1822, p. 565.
1822.—Otto von Kotsebue. Ontdekkingsreis in de Zuid-Zee en naar de Behrings straat in de jaren 1815, 1816, 1817 en 1818, tweede deel p. 277. Amsterdam, 1822.
*1822. June, 15.—New-York ... (newspaper).
1822. Aug.—Die sogenannte Seeschlange.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, III, no. 48, p. 53.
1823. Febr.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, IV, no. 68, p. 24.
1823.—A. de Capell Brooke. Travels through Sweden, Norway and Finmark in the Summer of 1820. London 1823.
1823. June.—Nachrichten über die grosse Seeschlange.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, IV, no. 84, p. 273.
*1824.—Newbury port ... (newspaper).
1824.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, VIII, no. 168, p. 218.
*1826. June 21.—New York Advertiser.
1826. Oct.—Sea-Serpent.—The American Journal of Science and Arts, conducted by Benjamin Silliman, Vol. XI.
1827.—Dr. Hooker. Additional testimony respecting the Sea-Serpent of the American Seas.—The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Vol. VI, 1827, p. 126.
1827, April.—Dr. Hooker. Fernere Zeugnisse über die Seeschlange in den Amerikanischen Meere.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, XVIII, no. 256, p. 49.
1827, June.—Sea Serpent.—The American Journal of Science and Arts, conducted by Benjamin Silliman, Vol. XII, June, 1827, New Haven.
*1827, Aug.—Norwegische Handelszeitung zu Christiania.
*1827, Sept. 5.—Norwegische Handelszeitung zu Christiania.
*1827, Sept. 15.—Norwegische Handelszeitung zu Christiania.
1828, Jan.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, XIX, no. 409, p. 193.
*1828.—John Fleming. A history of British Animals, etc., Edinburgh, 1828.
1829.—Sam. L. Mitchill. The history of Sea Serpentism.—Silliman’s American Journal of Science and Arts, 1829.
1830, April, May.—Chronicle.
1830, June.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, XXVII, no. 589, p. 265.
1832, Nov.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, XXXV, no 756, p. 122.
*1834.—Bakewell. Introduction to Geology. Chap. XVI, p. 312; with a note of Prof. Silliman.
1834. June.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, XL, no 879, p. 328.
*1834.—C. S. Rafinesque Schmaltz.—Abhandlung über Wasser-Schlangen, etc.—Oken’s Isis, 1834. Extract from Phil. Mag. 1819.
1835. July.—A sea-serpent.—Silliman’s American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. 28, New Haven, July, 1835.
1835. Aug.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, XLV, no 980. p. 186.
1837.—H. Schlegel. Essai sur la physionomie des Serpens, Amsterdam, 1837.
*1837, Sept.—The “Adis” of Drontheim, (newspaper).
1837, Oct.—Froriep’s Neue Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, IV, no 67, p. 7.
1839.—Dr. R. Hamilton. Amphibious Carnivora, Group III, (Vol. XXV of Jardine’s Naturalist’s Library).
*1839.—The Athenaeum, London, 1839, p. 902.
*1839.—Boston Mercantile.
*1839.—Kennebek Journal.
1839, Oct.—Froriep’s Neue Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, XII, no 248, p. 88.
*1840.—Boston Daily Advertiser.
*1840, Sept. 15.—Journal du Havre.
1841.—H. Rathke. Ueber die Seeschlange der Norweger.—Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7er Jahrgang, I, 1841, p. 278.
*1843.—Christiansund Posten.
1843, Nov.—Froriep’s Neue Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, XXVIII, no 606, p. 184.
*1844.—H. Schlegel. Essay on the physiognomy of Serpents, Edinburgh, 1844.
*1845.—Cincinnati Gazette.
1845, Nov.—Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. II, p. 65.
1845, Dec.—Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. II, p. 73.
1846, Jan.—Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. II, p. 94.
1846, Febr.—Froriep’s Neue Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, XXXVII, no 801, p. 134.
1847.—Dr. R. Hamilton. Amphibious Carnivora, Group III, (Vol. XXV, of Jardine’s Naturalist’s Library).
1847.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1847, p. 1604-1608.
*1847.—The Zoologist, London, 1847, no LIV, wrapper.
1847.—The Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1847, p. 1714-1716.
1847.—Charles Cogswell. A plea for the North Atlantic Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1847, p. 1841-1846.
1847.—The Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1847, p. 1911.
1847, July.—Ueber die Seeschlange.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, Dritter Reihe, III, 54, p. 148.
1847, Oct.—The Zoologist, London, 1847, Preface.
1848.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1848, p. 2028.
1848, June.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, Dritter Reihe, VI, 131, p. 328.
1848.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1848, p. 2192-2193.
*1848, Oct. 9.—The Times.
*1848, Oct. 13.—The Times.
*1848, Oct. 21.—The Literary Gazette.
*1848, Oct. 21.—The Globe.
*1848, Oct. 23.—The Times.
1848, Oct. 28.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
*1848, Nov. 2.—The Times.
*1848, Nov. 4.—The Times.
1848, Nov. 4.—The fossil Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
*1848, Nov. 11.—Prof. Richard Owen.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Times.
1848, Nov. 15?—Note on the subject “Dodo” of Mssrs. Strickland and Melville.—Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2d. Series, Vol. II, p. 444.
1848, Nov. 15?—Prof. Richard Owen. The Great Sea-Serpent.—Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2d. Series, Vol. II, p. 458.
*1848, Nov. 21.—The Times.
1848, Nov. 23.—Prof. Richard Owen. The Great Sea-Serpent.—Galignani’s Messenger.
*1848, Nov. 25.—Boston Daily Advertiser.
1848, Nov. 25.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
1848, Nov. 27.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1848, p. 2306-2324.
1848, Nov. 27.—The Zoologist, London, 1848, Preface.
1848, Dec.—Prof. Richard Owen. Ueber die Seeschlange. Froriep’s Notizen a. d. Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, Dritter Reihe, VIII, no 169, p. 231.
*1848.—Transactions of the Linnaean Society of New England, Boston, 1848.
*1848, Dec. 30.—Bombay Bi-monthly Times.
*1849.—Life and Letters of Campbell, 1849?
*1849, Jan.—Westminster Review.
*1849, Jan.—Bombay Bi-monthly Times.
*1849, March?—Boston Atlas.
*1849.—Montrose Standard.
1849.—Enormous undescribed animal.—The Zoologist, London, 1849, p. 2356
1849.—Inquiries respecting the Bones of a large Marine Animal, cast ashore on the Island of Stronsa, 1808.—The Zoologist, London, 1849, p. 2358-2363.
1849, Apr. 14.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
1849.—The Sea-Serpent?—The Zoologist, London, 1849, p. 2395-2398.
1849.—A strange Marine Animal.—The Zoologist, London, 1849, p. 2433.
1849, May, 19.—The Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
*1849, July, 9.—The Sun.
1849, July.—Ueber die Grosse Seeschlange.—Froriep’s Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, Dritter Reihe, X, no 205, p. 97.
1849.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1849, p. 2458-2460.
1849.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1849, p. 2541.
1849.—The Zoologist, London, 1849.—Preface.
1850, Jan. 12.—The Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
1850, Jan. 19.—The Great Sea-Serpent. The Illustrated London News.
*1850.—Romance of the Sea-Serpent or Ichthyosaurus. Also a collection of the ancient and modern authorities, with letters from distinguished merchants and men of science. Cambridge, U. S. 1850, 12o, 172 pages.
*1850.—Christian Mercury (U. S. newspaper).
*1850.—Charlestown Courier.
1850, April 20.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
1850.—The Great Sea-Serpent again.—The Zoologist, London, 1850, p. 2803.
*1850, Sept. 2.—Cork Constitution.
*1850, Sept. 7.—Cork Constitution.
1850, Sept. 7.—The Sea-Serpent again!—The Illustrated London News.
*1850, Sept. 11.—Cork Reporter.
1850, Sept. 14.—The Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
1850.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1850, p. 2925-2928.
1850, Dec. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Vol. III, p. 328.
1851.—Rev. Alfr. Chrl. Smith. Notes on Observations in Natural History during a Tour in Norway.—The Zoologist, London, 1851, p. 3228.
1851, Oct.—Froriep’s Tagsberichte über die Fortschritte der Natur- und Heilkunde, Abth. Zoologie und Palaeontologie, no 395.
*1852, Febr.—New York Tribune.
1852, Febr.—Galignani’s Messenger.
*1852, Febr.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
*1852, Mrch. 10.—The Times.
1852, Mrch. 13.—The Great Sea-Serpent caught at last.—The Illustrated London News.
1852, Mrch.—Froriep’s Tagsberichte über die Fortschritte der Natur- und Heilkunde, Abth. Zoologie und Palaeontologie, p. 486.
1852, Mrch.—Froriep’s Tagsberichte über die Fortschritte der Natur- und Heilkunde, Abth. Zoologie und Palaeontologie, p. 491.
1852, Apr.—Reported Capture of the Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, p. 3426-3429.
*1852, Nov. 17.—The Times.
1853, Jan.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1853, p. 3756.
1854, June?—Dr. T. S. Traill. On the supposed Sea-Snake, cast on shore in the Orkneys in 1808, and the animal seen from H. M. S. “Daedalus” in
1848.—Proceedings of the Royal Society at Edinburgh, III, no 44, p. 208.
1855, Febr. 17.—The Sea-Serpent Once More.—The Illustrated London News.
*1855, Aug. 13.—Buffalo Daily Reporter.
1855, Sept. 15.—The Great Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
*1855, Oct. 1.—The Times.
1855. The Great American Snake Caught. The Zoologist, London, 1855, p. 4896.
1856, May 3.—Another Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
1856, Oct. 4.—The Sea-Serpent again. The Illustrated London News.
1856.—The Great Sea-Serpent. The Zoologist, London, 1856, p. 4948.
1856.—The Sea-Snake Story a fiction. The Zoologist, London, 1856, p. 4998.
*1857, Febr. and March.—Cape Argus.
*1857, March 14.—Cape Argus.
1857, June 13.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
*1858, Febr. 5.—The Times.
*1858, Febr. 13.—The Times.
*1858, Febr. 16.—The Times.
*1858, Febr. 23.—The Times.
1858, Febr.—Revue Britannique, no 2, p. 496.
1858, March 20.—Another Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
*1858, July or Aug.—Java Bode.
*1858, Oct. 6.—Amsterdamsche Courant.
1858.—Another Peep at the Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1858, p. 5989.
1858.—The Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1858, p. 6015-6018.
1859.—Another Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1859, p. 6492.
1860.—Dr. R. Hamilton, Amphibious Carnivora, Group III, (Vol. XXV of Jardine’s Naturalist’s Library.)
1860.—P. H. Gosse. The Romance of Natural History, Vol. I, Lond., Nisbet, 1860.
1860.—A Sea-Serpent in the Bermudas.—The Zoologist, London, 1860, p. 6934.
1860.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1860, p. 6985-6993.
1860.—The Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1860, p. 7051-7052.
1860.—On the Probable Origin of Some Sea-Serpents.—The Zoologist, London, 1860, p. 7237.
1860.—Captain Tailor’s Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1860, p. 7278.
1860, Sept.—Skibbereen Eagle.
*1860, Sept.—Cork Constitution.
1861.—A Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1861, p. 7354.
*1862.—Grattan’s Civilized America, p. 39.
1862.—The Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1862, p. 7850-7852.
1863.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1863, p. 8727.
1863, June 13.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
*1870, April 9.—F. Buckland, The Sea-Snake Again.—Land and Water.
1872, June 13.—Nature, Vol. VI.
1872, Aug. 1.—Nature, Vol. VI.
1872, Aug. 17.—Sea-Serpent, lately seen near Galveston. The Graphic.
*1872, Sept. 7.—Land and Water.
1872, Sept. 12.—Nature, Vol. VI.
1873, May.—Appearance of an Animal, believed to be that which is called the Norwegian Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1873, p. 3517-3522.
*1873, Nov.—The Scotsman.
*1873, Nov. 20.—The Times.
1873, Dec.—The supposed Sea-Serpent.—The Zoologist, London, 1873, p. 3804.
1875, Nov. 20.—The Great Sea-Serpent.—The Illustrated London News.
1875, Dec. 4.—Illustrirte Zeitung.
1876, June 29.—The Sea-Serpents of the seventeenth Century.—The Graphic.
*1876, June.—The Scotsman.
*1876, June.—The Courant.
*1876, Dec.?—London and China Telegraph.
*1876, Dec.—Good Words.
*1877.—J. Adams. Account of a supposed Sea-Serpent seen off Nepean Island. Proceedings Lit. Philosophical Society of Liverpool, no XXXI, p. LXVIII.
*1877, Jan. 6.—J. K. Webster.—The Sea-Monster.—Advertiser and Ladies’ Journal.
*1877, Jan. 10, sqq.—(Newspapers of Liverpool).
1877, Jan. 13.—Illustrated London News, p. 35, 3d column.
*1877, Jan. 15.—R. A. Proctor. Strange Sea-Monsters.—The Echo.
1877, Jan. 27.—The Sea-Serpent.—The Graphic.
1877, Febr. 3.—Zur Geschichte der Seeschlange.—Illustrirte Zeitung.
*1877, Mrch.—R. A. Proctor. Strange Sea-Creatures.—The Gentlemen’s Magazine.
*1877, June 13?—Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.
*1877, June 14.—The Times.
1877, June 16.—The Graphic, p. 563, 3d. column.
1877, June 30.—The Sea-Serpent.—The Graphic.
*1877, Sept. 4.—Manchester Courier.
*1877, Sept. 8.—F. Buckland. Occurrence of a Sea-Serpent.—Land and Water.
*1877, Sept. 15.—F. Cornish, Reply to Buckland.—Land and Water.
*1878.—Wochenblatt für das Christliche Volk.
*1878, May 24.—F. Buckland. Supposed Sea-Snake caught in Australia.—Land and Water.
1878, Sept. 5.—The Sea-Serpent explained.—Nature, Vol. XVIII.
*1878, Sept. 6.—The Scotsman.
1878, Sept. 12.—The Sea-Serpent explained.—Nature, Vol. XVIII.
1878, Sept. 19.—The Sea-Serpent explained.—Nature, Vol. XVIII.
1879.—Andrew Wilson. Leisure Time Studies; chiefly biological; a Series of Essays and Lectures. With Numerous Illustrations, London, Chatto and Windus, 1879.
1879, Jan. 30.—(Critic of Mr. Wilson’s Leisure Time Studies).—Nature, Vol. XIX.
1879, April 19.—The Graphic.
1879, July 19.—The Graphic.
1879, July 24.—The Sea-Serpent.—Nature, Vol. XX.
*1879, Sept. 24.—The Times.
1880.—A. Günther. The Study of Fishes, p. 521. Edinburgh, 1880.
1880, Nov. 18.—Searles V. Wood, Jun. Order Zeuglodontia.—Nature, Vol. XXIII.
1881, Febr. 10.—Searles V. Wood. Zeuglodontia.—Nature, Vol. XXIII.
*1881, Sept. 8.—Madras Mail.
1881, Oct. 8.—Le Monde Illustré.
1881, Oct. 13.—Nature, Vol. XXIV.
1881, Nov. 12.—A. C. Oudemans, Jzn. Iets over fabelachtige verhalen en over het vermoedelijk bestaan van de groote Zeeslang.—Album der Natuur, 1882, p. 13-26. (The issue appeared already Nov. 12, 1881).
*1881, Nov. 15?—Cape Argus.
1881, Nov. 17.—De Zuid-Afrikaan.
1881, Nov. 26.—Nieuws van den Dag.
1882, Jan.—P. Harting. Een Zeeslang.—Album der Natuur, 1882, p. 66.
*1882.—Catherine C. Hopley. Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent-Life. London, 1882, 8o p. 247-267.
*1882, May, 22.—Giant cuttlefishes.—Scotsman.
*1882, June.—The Sea-Serpent at Shetland.—Glasgow Herald.
*1882, June.—Newcastle Chronicle.
1882.—Die Neueste Seeschlange.—Illustrirte Zeitung, p. 2035.
*1882, July, 1.—A. Stradling.—Land and Water.
1882.—G. Verschuur. Eene reis rondom de wereld in vierhonderd en tachtig dagen. Haarlem, 1882.
1883.—Henry Lee. Sea Monsters Unmasked.—London, Clowes & Son, 1883.
1883, Jan., 25.—The Sea-Serpent.—Nature, Vol. XXVII.
1883, Febr. 1.—The Sea-Serpent.—Nature, Vol. XXVII.
1883, Febr. 8.—The Sea-Serpent.—Nature, Vol. XXVII.
1883, Febr. 15.—The Sea-Serpent.—Nature, Vol. XXVII.
1883, Oct. 20.—The Inevitable Sea-Serpent.—The Graphic p. 387.
*1883, Nov. 4.—Chambers’ Journal, p. 748.
*1884, Sept. 14.—Inverness Courier.
1884, Nov.—C. Honigh. Reisschetsen uit Noorwegen.—De Gids, p. 300.
*1885, July, 29-Sept. 6.—W. Reid. History of Sea-Serpents.—John O’Groat Journal.
*1885, Sept. 1.—The Sea-Serpent again.—Scotsman.
1885, Sept. 10.—Nature, Vol. XXXII.
*1886, Sept. 15.—The Sea-Serpent again.—Evening Dispatch, Edinburgh.
1886, Sept. 25.—The Graphic.
1886.—W. E. Hoyle. Sea-Serpent.—Encyclopaedia Britannica Ed. 9.
1886.—W. E. Hoyle. Contribution to a Bibliography of the Sea-Serpent (read 21st. April, 1886).—Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. 1886.
*1889, May 21.—De Grondwet, no 38.—(Journal, edited in Holland, Michigan, U. S. A.)
1889, June 6.—Haagsche Courant.
1889, Dec. 7?—John Ashton. Curious Creatures in Zoology.—With 130 Illustrations throughout the text. London, John C. Nimmo (1890) p. 268-278.
1890, July 12.—De Amsterdammer, Weekblad voor Nederland.
and probably:
*17 ?—Mongitore. Remarkable Objects of Sicily.
*18 ?—Leguat. Travels to Rodrigues Island.
*1888.—A. Nicholson. Snakes, Marsupials and Birds.
Should any reader know of any other contribution to the literature of the sea-serpent, he is earnestly requested by the author of this work to inform him about it.