Aboriginal American AuthorsBrinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
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Aboriginal American Authors
Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
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The original account, written in 1735; an English translation, and a
re-translation into the Creek language, in which it was originally
delivered, by an educated native, and into the Hitchiti, a dialect
cognate to the Creek.
THE ANNALS OF THE KAKCHIQUELS. By ERNANTEZ XAHILA.
These chronicles are the celebrated _Memorial de Tecpan Atitlan_ so
often quoted by the late Abbe Brasseur de Bourbourg. They are invaluable
for the ancient history and mythology of Gautemalan nations, and are of
undoubted authenticity and antiquity.
THE ANNALS OF QUAUHTITLAN. Edited by A.F. BANDELIER.
The original Aztec text, with a new translation. This is also known as
the _Codex Chimalpopoca_. It is one of the most curious and
valuable documents in Mexican archaeology.
ABORIGINAL AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY. Edited by DANIEL G. BRINTON, M.D.
A collection of the songs, chants and metrical compositions of the
Indians, designed to display the emotional and imaginative powers of the
race and the prosody of their languages.
* * * * *
_The following two works are not portions of the series, but are
related to it by their contents. They may be obtained from the same
publishers_.
AMERICAN HERO-MYTHS.
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.
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
"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).
"This study of certain of the most remarkable stories of American
mythology is exceedingly interesting."--_The Saturday Review_
(London).
"In his 'American Hero-Myths' Dr. Brinton gives us the clue to the
religious thought of the aboriginal Races. ... It is a learned and
careful book, clearly written, popular in style though scientific
in method, and must be a good deal fresher than a novel to most
readers."--_The American_ (Philadelphia).
"This volume is the first attempt at what is entitled to be regarded as
a critically accurate presentation of the fundamental conceptions found
in the native beliefs of the tribes of America."--_The New England
Bibliopolist_.
"This is a thoughtful and original contribution to the science of
comparative religion."--_The Boston Journal_.
"We regard the 'Hero Myths' as a valuable contribution to the history of
religion and to comparative mythology."--_The Teacher_ (Philadelphia).
"...These few extracts give no idea of the mass of legends in this
volume, and the queer, out-of-the-way information it supplies concerning
the ideas and usages of races now extinct or hastening to
extinction."--_The Dublin Evening Mail_.
"Dr. Brinton, in his 'American Hero-Myths,' has applied the comparative
method soberly, and backed it by solid research in the original
authors."--_The Critic_ (New York).
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