At once thoroughly admirable and thoroughly delightful, … there is a surprising freshness and individuality of flavor in them.—Boston Courier.
Stories of unique character, full of grotesque and marvelous adventures, told with a beautiful simplicity of style which speaks well for the faithfulness of the translator’s work.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
Prof. Jeremiah Curtin gives us a large collection of these tales, many of which are very interesting, many beautiful, and all strikingly curious.—Boston Advertiser.
Mr. Curtin spares no pains in his researches into the early literature of the chief primitive races of the earth. Less than a year has passed since the publication of his admirable work on “Irish Folk-Lore.” The present volume adds his discoveries among three other important nations.—The Dial. [[487]]
[CREATION MYTHS OF PRIMITIVE AMERICA].
In Relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind
By JEREMIAH CURTIN
8vo. Cloth, gilt top, $2.50 net.
An important work on the unwritten mental productions of primitive America, containing twenty long myths, all of remarkable beauty and exceptional value, taken down word for word by Mr. Curtin from Indians who knew no language save their own, and the chief of whom had not seen a white man until years of maturity.