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There are countless writers, who are able to write elegantly, whose sentences are faultless in construction, and charm by the rhythm of their cadence; but there are few who combine with beauty and sweetness of diction a thorough and comprehensive knowledge, an earnest and conscientious desire to impart it to others. Mr. Flower has not only a charming style, but his whole soul is engaged in the subject he has under consideration, and he impresses the mind of the reader with his own sympathetic fervor. This volume, consisting of biographical sketches of representative men and women, is especially valuable for young people, as furnishing models for the conduct of life, and encouragement by showing what perseverance under the most adverse circumstances has accomplished.-Hudson Tuttle in Golden Gate. A highly interesting and instructive work.Daily Telegraph (Hartford, Conn.). 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The author spent more than a decade in exhaustive research among the Indians and in the historical archives of our nation, that he might produce a poem absolutely true from historical point of view. His volume is unsurpassed in its exquisite delicacy of thought and expression. The charm of that quality which ever pervades to a greater or less extent the legends of noble tribes and races who have gone down before the fierce savagery of our modern civilization, is present in this wonderful work to a marked degree. Few poems of modern date have THE ARENA BOOK BULLETIN. called forth such strong words of recommendation from competent critics as "The League of the Iroquois.' PRESS COMMENTS. The "League of the Iroquois" marks the advent of one of the finest descriptive poems American literature has produced.-The Inter-Ocean. It is instinct with good taste and poetic feeling, affluent of picturesque description and graceful portraiture, and its versification is fairly melodious.-Harper's Magazine. Remarkable alike for felicity of expression and wealth of imagery.-Chicago Evening Journal. Mr. Hathaway has made the Indian legends his own, and dwelt in them more fully than ever Mr. Longfellow did, and should be read by all those who never knew or have forgotten the better side of the Indian's nature.-Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Mr. Hathaway has made a thorough study of these Indian traditions, and has treated them sympathetically, and with keen appreciation of the poetry and romance contained in them.Boston Journal. A highly interesting and pleasing volume, picturesque in description and abounding in fresh, pure, and noble sentiment.-The Advance. Evinces fine qualities of imagination, and is distinguished by remarkable grace and fluency. -Boston Gazette. The publication of this poem alone may well serve as a mile-post in marking the pathway of American literature. The work is a marvel of legendary lore, and will be appreciated by every earnest reader.-Boston Times. Will secure a permanent place in our American literature.-The American Bookseller. The story is one that will delight alike the lover of poetry and romance, and the ethnologist, and the student of history.-The Interior. LEADING CRITICAL OPINION. CONCORD, MASS. MY DEAR SIR.-I have been reading with much interest, during the past week, your Indian poem, "The League of the Iroquois. It appears to present with much force and beauty, not simply the confederation of the Five Nations, but the whole Indian world of Nature and Man. Such work bespeaks great familiarity with its subject, and much skill in the use of the chosen verse and the other means you have employed to make the old time live and breathe before us. I shall hope to see your book published, confident that it will commend itself to all who read it with due attention. Yours truly, F. B. SANBORN. DEAR SIR.-The perusal of your book, "The League of the Iroquois, and other Legends," has given me much pleasure. I find it very striking and original, and am glad that the fast disappearing aborigines of this continent have found a bard who is competent to weave their wonderful myths and legends into such beautiful verses, and thus give them a place in our literature. Your effort to rescue the best thoughts of the Indians from oblivion deserves the gratitude of that race which has covered the hunting grounds of the red men with nets of iron roads. Your style is excellent, your meter attractive, and your purpose that underlies all a most noble one. With all my Teutonic heart I wish you Yours in Odin, success. R. B. ANDERSON, Author of Norse Mythology, and Professor of Scandinavian Languages in the Wisconsin University. 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