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Rag, Tag, and Bobtail. James Cam- eron Lees, D.D.

Ragged Philosopher, A. John J. Proctor, a Canadian poet, author of the "Essays of a Ragged Philosopher" in the "Freeman" (Slierbrooke).

Railroad Director, A, Elias Basket Derby. Two months abroad ; or, a trip to England, France, Baden, Prussia, and Belgium ... By ... of Massachusetts. B. 1844.

Rail-way King, The. George Hudson.

Raimond. William Henry Hurlbut.

Raimund, Golo. Georg Dannenberg. Ein neues Geschlecht. Roman, 1879.

Rain-Water Doctor, The

" Was a G-erman who landed in Philadelphia in the early part of the year 1811, and went shortly to Brooklyn, N Y., where he remained for about a year. In 1812 he removed to Providence, E.I., where he had a large practice, then went, in 1813, to East Hartford, Conn., where he enjoyed an extraordinary success, but again returned to Providence, and died there in 1814-15. He was an educated physician, honest, skilful, extremely eccentric, and noted for many deeds of charity. While he resided in the village of Brooklyn he was consulted by thousands from the city of New York and from Long Island. The recommenda- tion to all his patients to use rain-water as a dnnk won for him the cognomen of the * Bain- Water Doctor.' Although he gave himself no distinct name, he sometimes signed himself 4 Sylvan, Enemy of human diseases.' See STILES'S " Hist, of Brooklyn, N.Y.," Vol. I , p. 393.

Imitators. The Rain-Water Doctor,' alias Syl- van Gardener, who flourished awhile about 1817 at Roxbury, Mass., and elsewhere (see * Hist. Mag ,' February, 1862, or Octaviits Plinth, the Rain-Water Doctor, or Dr C. Humbert, alias Sylvan Gardner, who died in the vicinity of Philadelphia in June, 1825, at ' the supposed age of one hundred years J [see * Long Island Star,* June 9, 1839]." See STILES'S " Hist, of Brook- lyn," Vol. I., note, pp. 393, 394.
 * He must not be confounded with his evident

Rajah of Vaneplysia, The. William Penn, Esq., his signature in the "Gent. Mag/' See "Gent. Mag.," February, 1818, p. 122, July, 1823, and elsewhere. "Vaneplysia " is an anagram of Pennsyl- Tania.

Raleigh, Richard. W. H. Kister, in his contributions to various periodicals of Chicago, HI.

Rambaud, Yveling. Frederic Gil- bert. Little walks in London ... L. 1875.

Rambler. Luther L. Holden, in the Boston "Journal ".

Rambler, George H. Fullerton. Per- sis: a tale of the White Mountains, N.Y. 1879.

Rambler, A. Joseph Budworth. A fortnight's ramble to the lakes in West- moreland, Lancashire, and Cumberland. By*.. L. 1796.

Rambler, A. Robert Montgomery Bird,

Peter Pilgrim, or, a rambler's recollec- tions ... B. 1838.

Rambler, A. Q-. A. Simcox. Recol- lections of a rambler. L. 1874.

Rambler in Mexico, The. Charles Joseph Latrobe. The rambler in Mexico in 1834. L 1836.

Rambler, Jacques. Gabriel Peignot. Le nouvelliste des campagnes. . . Dijon,. 1816.

Ramsay, Grace. Miss Kathleen OMeara. A woman's trials. L. 1867.

Ramsbottom, Sirs. Theodore Ed- ward Hook. Ramsbottom Papers, con- tributed to the " John Bull " newspaper (L.), in 1829.

Ramsneb, T. Benjamin Smart, Sat- urday night. By a journeyman me- chanic, in the "Gent. Mag./' August, 1806, p. 751.

Randall, Anne Frances. Mrs. Ma- ria (Darby) Robinson. A letter to the women of England ... L. 1799.

Randol, Louis. Eusebe Sakerte. Un pot sans courercle et rien dedans. . . Paris, 1799.

Ranger. Luther L. Hblden. A thrill- ing balloon voyage. , . B. 1870.

Ranger, The. Capt. Flack. The life of a Texan hunter. L. 1866.

Ranger, Charles, Esq. Arthur Mur- phy. The Gray's Inn journal. L. 1753- 54.

Raoul, Maxlmilien. Charles Letel- lier, de Saint-Malo Histoire pittoresque du mont Saint-Michel et de TombelSne ... Paris, 1833.

Raphael. R. C. Smith. A manual of astrology ; or, the book of the stars. . . L. 1828.

Also attributed to J. Palmer.

Rapidan. Daniel Connelly 9 in his con- tributions to the "Buffalo Courier** (N.Y.).

Rapier, Rob. Dr. O. C. Alexander. Aleora.

Ratclyffe, Sir Isaac, of Elbow-lane. Rev. John Henley (Orator Henley).

"The 'Hyp Doctor' was written by that *a little more knave than fool,' Orator Henley, tin- der the name of ' Sir Isaac Ratclyffe, of Elbow* lane/"

Rational Christian, A. Alexander Leopold, Prince of Hohenlohe, Bishop of Sardica. An exposure of the late Irish miracles. . . Dublin, 1823.

Rational Mystic, A. W. Belcher. Intellectual electricity* novum organum of vision, and grand mystic secret. . . By... L. 1798.

Ratlonalis. William Hazlitt, in the London "Monthly Repository."