Aboriginal American Authors by Daniel Garrison Brinton
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indispensable to the future student of American archaeology, ethnology or
linguistics. They will be printed FROM TYPE, AND IN LIMITED EDITIONS ONLY. The volumes will be sold SEPARATELY, at moderate prices, either in paper or bound in cloth. They will all be planted on heavy laid paper, of the best quality. The following have already appeared_:-- * * * * * NO. I. THE MAYA CHRONICLES. Edited by DANIEL G. BRINTON, M.D. 1 vol., 8vo, pp. 279. Price, paper, $3.00; cloth, $3.50. This volume contains five brief chronicles in the Maya language of Yucatan, written shortly after the Conquest, and carrying the history of that people back many centuries. To these is added a history of the Conquest, written in his native tongue, by a Maya Chief, in 1562. The texts are preceded by an introduction on the history of the Mayas; their language, calendar, numeral system, etc.; and a vocabulary is added at the close. NOTICES OF THE PRESS. "We hope that Dr. Brinton will receive every encouragement in his labors to disclose to Americans these literary antiquities of the Continent. He eminently deserves it, both by the character of his undertaking and the quality of his work."--_The American_ (Phila.) "It would be difficult to praise too highly the task Dr. Brinton has set |
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