The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai

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Title: The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: October 5, 2004 [EBook #13603]
Language: English
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THE HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF
LAIEIKAWAI
WITH INTRODUCTION AND TRANSLATION
BY
MARTHA WARREN BECKWITH
[Illustration: A KAHUNA OR NATIVE SORCERER]PREFACE
This work of translation has been undertaken out of love for the land of Hawaii and for the Hawaiian people. To all those
who have generously aided to further the study I wish to express my grateful thanks. I am indebted to the curator and
trustees of the Bishop Museum for so kindly placing at my disposal the valuable manuscripts in the museum collection,
and to Dr. Brigham, Mr. Stokes, and other members of the museum staff for their help and suggestions, as well as to
those scholars of Hawaiian who have patiently answered my questions or lent me valuable material—to Mr. Henry
Parker, Mr. Thomas Thrum, ...