Arizona citizen., 1875-11-13
THE CITIZEN.
S4TURD4Y NOVEMBER lS, 1875.
..THE NATIVE RACES"
The Greatest HistOrlcai anu Liter'
 ary Work Of the Time.

arY Work Of the TlIhe'
 Hubert H. Bancroft's great work, entitled The Native Races of the
 Pacific States" is now cOmpleted- the fifth and last volume being al- ready stereotyped and the plates in the hands of the New York and London Publishers. The several vol umes embrace 46OO pages of histori- cal facts about the native races of the whole Pacific coast down to the 18th mus of Darien, which have been the work of MT. Bancroft for near fifteen wears. to collect, compare, prove and nrepare with the aid of g number of competent assistants for several wears. The people of each State and Territory on the Pacific Coast, csnnow find instructive and entertaining facts about the early history of their localities, never before accessible to them. for to obtain them, the author has consulted sixteen thousand books, papers. and manuscripts, besides let ters, maps, etc, almoStn tnumberless. We have heretofore received and noticed volumes 1 and ?, and very recently have been favored with , and 4-the former treating of antiquities and the latter of myths and languages. It is a real pleasure to receive book or books about and of which one feels that he cannot speak too highly and such a pleasure we experience on receipt and examination of the volumes of 1.-The Native Races" |" To show our readers this statement is just, we herewith give extracts from testimony of the leading magazines and men of high historical and liter ary fame.
 1.-The work forms one of the most valuable contributions of modern times, and should have an honored place in every well selected library" -T Journal of Science.
 "An encyclopedia of knowledge not only unequsled but unspprosch- ed. - North American Review.
 |" Beyond all the patient labor in marshaling details, Mir. Bancroft shows also sound, healthy, literary judgment. "- Atlantic Monthly.
 " He has done more than any pub lie society would have done for fifty years to come, and what perhaps no society could do at any later period" .TOverland Monthly.
 MT, Bancroft Is the historian for whom We have all been looking, and we may count ourselves fortunate in finding him so worthy of his task" T Galaxy.
 It is safe to say that there has not occurred in the literary history of the United States, more piquant sur prise. "- Scribner's Monthly.
 "As instructive. as from the charm of novelty which it bears. 1t will be entertaining. - British Quarterly Review.
 There never was q book, l feel in- ! clined to say, fuller of the most curi- ! Ous and interesting facts. l assure you that Robinson Crusoe never had s more interested reader among the boys than l have been in following you through your heroic labor. "-i -Oliver Wendell Holmes.
 To me you render all inestimab blc 1 benefit; for you bring within reach | the information winch lies scattered | in thousands of volumes. In the ! universality of your researches, you occupy field of the deepest interest I to the world, and without a rival. - George Bancroft.
 "One of the noblest literary enter !! prises of our day. John G. Whit ! tier.
 am amazed at the extent and of your researches. - William Cullen Bryant.
 "A very noble contribution to eth nolOgy; and l sm amazed at your courage and perseverance in working your way through such q chaparral of authorities as you quote. Your labor IS immense" - Henry W. 1. Longfellow.
 See advertisement of the work on 'ur fourth page, and bear in mind hat J. s. Mansfield of the Tucson Pioneer News Depot. is the Agent.