"The reputation of the author, added to this fascinating title, will insure its favorable reception, not only by ethnologists, but also, the reading public. ... A remarkable discovery, and indisputably of great ethnological value. ... A book which is as suggestive as this must bear good fruit."--_Science_, August 31,1883. "The work contains much new material of permanent interest and value to the historical scholar and the scientist. ... "--_The Magazine of American History_, September, 1883. "In this Book of Rites we have poetry, law, history, tradition and genealogy, interesting and valuable for many reasons...."--_Good Literature_, August 18, 1883. "The Book of Rites is edited by the eminent philologist, Mr. Horatio Hale, who has done so much to elucidate the whole subject of Indian ethnography and migrations, with the argument derived from language in connection with established tradition; and especially to disentangle Iroquois history from its complications with the legends of their mythology."--_Auburn Daily Advertiser_, July 21, 1883. "The book is one of great ethnological value, in the light it casts on the political and social life, as well as the character and capacity, of the people with whom it originated."--_Popular Science Monthly_, November 1883. "It is a philosophical and masterly treatise on the Iroquois league and the cognate tribes, their relations, language, mental characteristics and polity, such as we have never had of any nation of this Continent...."--_Dr. J. Gilmary Shea_. "It is full of instructive hints, particularly as bearing on the state of so-called savages before they are brought in contact with so-called civilized men. Such evidence is, from the nature of the case, very difficult to obtain, and therefore all the more valuable...."--_Prof. F. Max Mueller_. "It gives us a much clearer insight into the formation and workings of the Iroquois league than we before possessed."--_Hon. George S. Conover_. "It contains more that is authentic and new, of the Iroquois nations, than any other single work with which I am acquainted."--_Rev. Charles Hawley, D.D._ * * * * * No. III. THE COMEDY-BALLET OF GÜEGÜENCE. Edited by DANIEL G. BRINTON, M.D. 1 vol., 8vo. Paper, $2.00; Cloth, $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 of that section of our continent. A map and a number of illustrations are added. Other important works, in various native languages, are in the course of preparation, under competent editorship. Of these may be mentioned-- THE NATIONAL LEGEND OF THE CREEKS. Edited by A.S. GATSCHET.