“The details of this book are so complex as very often to be tedious. The book will be read only for its historical interest.”
+ – Spec. 96: 465. Mr. 24, ’06. 270w.
Lyman, Henry Munson. Hawaiian yesterdays. **$2. McClurg.
Chapters from a boy’s life in the Sandwich Islands in the early days. The boy is the son of a missionary and was born in Hilo in 1835. His sketch, autobiographical in nature, is set in the primitive surroundings of pioneer life, and touches upon his education, upon the possible stimulation to piety and scholarship, upon adventures in this ocean country, upon the tropical splendors and upon the civilization among the natives.
+ Critic. 49: 96. Jl. ’06. 100w.
“From cover to cover the book is entertaining.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ Dial. 40: 223. Ap. 1, ’06. 1580w.
“Some interesting reminiscences, tho too largely of a personal nature.”
+ – Ind. 60: 1167. My. 17, ’06. 60w.