_Philadelphia, Nov. 1883._
CONTENTS.
Section 1. _Introductory_
Section 2. _The Literary Faculty in the Native Mind_
Vivid imagination of the Indians.
Love of story telling.
Appreciation of style.
Power and resources of their languages.
Facility in acquiring foreign languages.
Native writers in the English tongue.
In Latin.
In Spanish.
Ancient books of Aztecs.
Of Mayas, etc.
Peruvian Quipus.
Section 3. _Narrative Literature_
Desire of preserving national history.
Eskimo legends and narratives.
The _Walum Olum_ of the Delawares.
The Iroquois _Book of Rites_.
Kaondinoketc's Narrative.
The National Legend of the Creeks.
Cherokee writings.
Destruction of Ancient Literature.
Boturini's collection.
Historians in Nahuatl.
The Maya _Books of Chilan Balam_.
Other Maya documents.
Writings in Cakchiquel.
_The Memorial de Tecpan Atitlan_.
Authors in Cakchiquel and Kiche.
The _Popol Vuh_.
Votan, the Tzendal.
Writers in Qquichua.
Letters, etc., in native tongues.
Tales and stories of the Tupis and other tribes.
Section 4. _Didactic Literature_
Progress of natives in science.
Their calendars and rituals.
Their maps.
Scholastic works.
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