This work contains, in the Mohawk and Onondaga languages, the speeches, songs and rituals with which a deceased chief was lamented and his successor installed in office. It may be said to throw a distinct light on the authentic history of Northern America to a period fifty years earlier than the era of Columbus. The Introduction treats of the ethnology and history of the Huron-Iroquois. A map, notes and a glossary complete the work.
=No. III. THE COMEDY-BALLET OF GÜEGÜENCE.=
=Edited by DANIEL G. BRINTON, M.D. 146 pages. Cloth, uncut, $2.50.=
A curious and unique specimen of the native comic dances, with dialogues, called _bailes_, formerly common in Central America. It is in the mixed Nahuatl-Spanish jargon of Nicaragua, and shows distinctive features of native authorship. The Introduction treats of the ethnology of Nicaragua, and the local dialects, musical instruments, and dramatic representations. A map and a number of illustrations are added.
=No. IV. A MIGRATION LEGEND OF THE CREEK INDIANS.=
=By A. S. GATSCHET. 251 pages. Cloth, uncut, $3.00.=
This learned work offers a complete survey of the ethnology of the native tribes of the Gulf States. The strange myth or legend told to Gov. Oglethorpe, in 1732, by the Creeks, is given in the original, with an Introduction and Commentary.
=By Dr. DANIEL G. BRINTON. Cloth, uncut, $3.00.=
Contains the complete text and symbols, 184 in number, of the WALAM OLUM OR RED SCORE of the Delaware Indians, with the full original text, and a new translation, notes and vocabulary. A lengthy introduction treats of the Lenâpé or Delawares, their history, customs, myths, language, etc., with numerous references to other tribes of the great Algonkin stock.
=THE ANNALS OF THE CAKCHIQUELS.= By Francisco Arana Ernantez Xahila. With a translation and notes by Dr. D. G. Brinton.
=ABORIGINAL AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY.= Chiefly original material, furnished by various collaborators.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY.
A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent. By Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D., etc. 1 vol., 8vo, pp. 251. (Philad'a, 1882.) Cloth, Price, $1.75.
"Dr. Brinton writes from a minute and extended knowledge of the original sources. * * His work renders a signal service to the cause of comparative mythology in our country."--_The Literary World_ (Boston).