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ioan Indians, a race of savages now almost extinct. With all this complaint against 

 the immense bulk of a book, moreover, on such a subject, we are bound to confess 

 that not only is it the least wearisome of large books that we have for a long time 

 seen, but that it is at least one of the most amusing and animating amongst even the 

 condensed publications that for a considerable period have been submitted to our 

 perusal and judgment, and we can confidently recommend it to our readers." 



[Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, two notices, four columns.] 



" Of all the works yet published on the subject of the aboriginal inhabitants of 

 North America, no one, it seems to us, can be compared in point of accuracy and ex- 

 tent of research with that of Mr. Catlin. In the c ourse of eight years he traversed 

 North America almost from end to end, saw and mixed with forty-eight Indian tribes, 

 composing a large portion of the two millions of red people yet in •existence, exam- 

 ined personally into all their peculiarities, and finally accumulated a noble gallery of 

 portraits and a rich museum of curiosities, calculated to form at once a lasting mon- 

 ument to himself and an invaluable record of Indian persons, manners, and habili- 

 ments. 



" Mr. Catlin, combining all the qualities of the traveler, artist, and historian, 

 merits no sparing notice. His two volumes, large octavo, and closely printed, are full 

 of most interesting matter, and contain, besides, upwards of three hundred beautiful 

 illustrations, engraved from the original paintings." 



MR. CATLINGS SECOND WORK. 



After the nine Ojibaways left his gallery in 1845, Mr. Catlm writes : 



I devoted my time, in an adjoining room (to the gallery), to getting out my second 

 book, shortly after published at the Egyptian Hall — a large illustrated work, entitled 

 11 Catlin's Hunting Scenes and Amusements of tbe North American Indians." Sev- 

 eral months being necessary for the completion of this work, I resolved to leave my 

 collection in the hall as it was until the expiration of my lease, and then pack it up 

 and return to the United States. 



Thus continued my labors * * * for three months or more after the Indians 

 had left, by which time my large work was ready for publication (like the first one, 

 to be published by the author at the Egyptian Hall, price five guineas in printed 

 tints, and eight guineas colored), with a subscription list headed by the illustrious 

 names of Her Gracious Majesty the Queen, Louis Philippe, King of the French, the 

 Emperor of Russia, the King of the Belgians, His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cam- 

 bridge, and many of the nobility of England. 



The Emperor of Russia was at this time paying his visit to the Queen of England, 

 and my dear wife and myself took the occasion of the grand pageant when the Em- 

 peror, with Prince Albert and the Duke of Wellington, reviewed ten thousand troops 

 at Windsor, to obtain a view of his Imperial Majesty, which we did during the review, 

 and still more to our satisfaction, after it was over, from behind the post of the gate 

 opening into the great park, where we had stationed ourselves, and where his Imperial 

 Majesty passed within reach of us. When the Emperor and suite had passed by I 

 suddenly perceived in the passing throng J. W. Webb, esq., editor of the New York 

 Courier and Inquirer, and endeavored, but unsuccessfully, to overtake him. 



A PRESENT FROM THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. 



A few days after this the honorable Mr. Murray was kind enough to deliver to the 

 Emperor the copy of my work subscribed for by his Majesty, and in a few weeks after 

 that sent me the following very flattering communication : 



" Buckingham Palace, June 14, 1844. 

 "Dear Sir: The Emperor of Russia, having inspected your Portfolio of Indian 

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