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some time exhibited in London, containing some five hundred pictures of Indian per- 

 sonages and scenes, drawn upon the spot, with specimens of their dress and manu- 

 factures, their arts and arms; and partly, as just stated, of the volumes under our 

 hands, which display engravings of most of those specimens and pictures, accom- 

 panied by a narrative, written in a very pleasant, homely style, of his walks and 

 wanderings in the far west. 



"The reader will find a compensation in the vigor of the narrative, which, like a 

 diary, conveys the vivid impressions of the moment, instead of being chilled and 

 tamed down into a more stupid composition. Such as the work is, we strongly rec- 

 ommend it to the perusal of all who wish to make themselves acquainted with a sin- 

 gular race of men and system of manners, fast disappearing from the face of the 

 earth ; and which have nowhere else, been so fully, curiously, and graphically de- 

 scribed." 



[Westminster Keview, twelve pages.] 



" This is a remarkable book, written by an extraordinary man, A work valuable 

 in the highest degree for its novel and curious information about one of the most 

 neglected and least understood branches of the human family. Mr. Catlin, without 

 any pretension to talent in authorship, has yet produced a book which will live as a 

 record when the efforts of men of much higher genius have been forgotten. Every 

 one in London has seen Mr. Catlin's unique gallery, and his attractive exhibition of 

 living models at the Egyptian Hall ; we cannot too strongly recommend them to our 

 country friends. And here we take our leave of a work over which we have lingered 

 with much pleasure, strongly recommending it to the reader, and hoping its exten- 

 sive sale will amply repay Mr. Catlin for the great outlay he must have incurred." 



[Dublin University Magazine, fifteen pages.] 



" Mr. Catlin's book is one of the most interesting which we have perused on the 

 subject of the Indians. His pencil has preserved the features of races which in a 

 few years will have disappeared ; and his faithful and accurate observations may be 

 considered as the storehouse from whence future writers on such topics will extract 

 their most authentic statements." 



[Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, two notices, twenty -two pages.] 



" Many curious traits of character and pictures of manners are exhibited in these 

 large and closely-printed volumes, which will remain an interesting record of the 

 Homeric age and race of North America, when, save a few wild traditions and scat- 

 tered relics, and a few of the musical and sonorous Indian names of lakes, rivers, and 

 hunting grounds, every other trace of the red man will have perished on that vast 

 continent." 



[Literary Gazette, London, three notices, twenty-five columns.] 



"Catlin's Book on the North American Indians. — An unique work ! A work 

 of extraordinary interest and value. Mr. Catlin is the historian of the red races of 

 mankind ; of a past world, or at least of a world fast passing away, and leaving 

 hardly a trace or wreck behind. We need not recommend it to the world, for it rec- 

 ommends itself, beyond our praise." 



[ Athenaeum, London, four notices, thirty-one columns.] 



"The public have fully confirmed the opinion we formerly pronounced on Catlin's 

 Indian gallery, as the most interesting exhibition which, in our recollection, had been 

 opened in London. The production of the work will, therefore, be most acceptable 

 to those who have seen the exhibition, as serving to refresh their memories ; to those 

 who have not, as helping to explain that of which they have heard so much ; to all 

 as a pleasant narrative of adventure, and a circumstantial and detailed history of the 



