Eastman, Charles A. [Red hunters and the animal people.] [**]$1.25. Harper.
“In the red man’s philosophy, as interpreted by the author, himself a full blooded Sioux, the beasts of the fields and the birds of the air are the brothers of their human fellow creatures. The four-footed and feathered tribes also, in the same philosophy, regard the red man as a brother. They are the animal people, and these stories are stories of them as such—stories which differ not as widely as might be wished from the white man’s animal tales now so numerous.”—N. Y. Times.
“One of the most original and delightful books about animal life that have appeared for a long time, full of interest and information not to be found in text-books. The book is simply and pleasantly written, with no affectation or mannerism.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 105. F. 4, ‘05. 210w. |
“With no literary art whatever at his command, he has mistakenly chosen to cast his material in the form of short stories, and has failed with them.”
| — | Critic. 46: 478. My. ‘05. 120w. |
“Is likely at first to be a little disappointing, it is so plain, so lacking in art or artifice. After Mr. Long and Mr. Thompson-Seton, it is like bread-and-butter after dessert. But it nearly, if not quite, justifies the simile, for if the reader sustains his interest long enough his taste will approve the rather homely fare.”
| + + | Dial. 38: 158. Mr. 1, ‘05. 230w. | |
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 47. Ja. 21, ‘05. 430w. |
“The book is entertaining as fiction, valuable because of the light it throws on Indian life, and largely interesting as one of the few contributions to our literature made by an Indian.”
| + + | Reader. 6: 118. Je. ‘05. 230w. |