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We wish him all the success to which his candor no less than his talents fully entitle 

 him." 



[Morning Herald, London.] 



" In the two ample volumes just published, and illustrated with more than 300 

 plates, Mr. Catlin has given to the world a lasting and invaluable memorial of the 

 doomed race of the red man, which, after having from immemorial time held the un- 

 molested tenancy of an entire continent, is now but too obviously hurried on to 

 utter extinction. Mr. Catlin's literary matter resembles his drawings; it has all the 

 freshness of a sketch from nature. Through both he brings us into companionship 

 with the red man, as if careering with him over the boundless plains, the primeval 

 forests of his hunting grounds in the far West, or in the vicinity of his temporary 

 village settlement, witnessing his athletic games, his strange, fantastic dances, and 

 his spontaneous endurance of those revolting tortures by which he evinces his un- 

 flinching stoicism." 



[Morning Post, London.] 



"Upwards of three hundred very well executed etchings from the paintings, drawn 

 by Mr. Catlin, adorn these volumes, and offer to the eye one of the most complete 

 museums of an almost unknown people that ever was given to the public. The style 

 of the narrative is diffuse, inratificial, and abounding in Yankeeisms j but it is earnest, 

 honest, and unpretending, and contains most undoubted and varied information rela- 

 tive to the red savage of America, fresh from the wilds and, unembittered by border 

 hostility or unfounded prejudice. These volumes are handsomely printed and 

 'brought out' in all respects with much care and taste." 



[Spectator, London, five columns.] 



"The illustrative plates of these volumes are numbering upwards of three hundred 

 subjects — landscapes, hunting scenes, Indian ceremonies, and portraits form a re- 

 markable feature, and possess a permanent interest as graphic records. They are out- 

 line etchings from the author's paintings, and are admirable for the distinct and lively 

 manner in which the characteristics of the scenes and persons are portrayed; what 

 is called a style of art would have been impertinent and might have tended to falsify. 

 Mr. Catlin in his homely, but spirited manner, seizes upon the most distinguishing 

 points of his subjects by dint of understanding their value, and every touch has sig- 

 nificance and force ; hence the uumber of details and the extent of view embraced in 

 these small and slight sketches ; hence their animation and reality." 



[Atlas, London, three notices, twelve columns.] 



"This publication may be regarded as the most valuable accession to the history 

 of the fast perishing races of the aboriginal world that has ever been collected by a 

 single individual. The descriptions it contains are minute and full, and possess the 

 advantage of being wonderfully tested by the long experience of the writer, and veri- 

 fied by the concurrent testimonials of many individuals intimately acquainted with 

 the scenes and races delineated. The engravings, which are liberal to an unpre- 

 cedented extent, cannot be too highly praised for their utility as illustrations. But 

 we chiefly approve and recommend this work to universal circulation for the sake of 

 the pure and noble philanthropy by which it is everywhere inspired. As the advocate 

 of the oppressed Indian, now vanishing before the white man on the soil of his fathers, 

 Mr. Catlin deserves the unmixed thanks of the Christian world. His volumes are 

 full of stimulants to benevolent exertion, and bear the strongest testimony to the 

 character of the races for whose preservation he pleads." 



[United Service Gazette, London.] 



"Mr. Catlin is one of the most remarkable men of the age. Every one who has 

 visited his singularly interesting gallery at the Egyptian Hall must have been struck 



