History and life in the Americas before Columbus.
Brinton’s Library of Aboriginal American Literature.
I: The Maya Chronicles. Edited by Daniel G. Brinton. Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1882.
II: The Iroquois Book of Rites. Edited by Horatio Hale. Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1883.
III. The Güegüence; a comedy ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish dialect of Nicaragua. Edited by Daniuel G. Brinton. Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1883.
IV: A Migration Legend of the Creek Indians. With a linguistic, historic and ethnographic introduction, by Albert S. Gatschet. —This is marked “Vol. I,” but we have not found a second volume, although we have found several copies of the first.
V: The Lenâpé and their Legends; with the complete text and symbols of the Walam Olum, a new translation, and an inquiry into its authenticity. By Daniel G. Brinton. Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1885. —The Walam Olum is now generally considered to have been a hoax.
VI: The Annals of the Cakchiquels. The original text, with a translation, notes and introduction. By Daniel G. Brinton. Philadelphia, 1885.
VII:
Ancient Nahuatl Poetry, containing the
Nahuatl text of XXVII ancient Mexican poems. With a
translation, introduction, notes, and vocabulary. By
Daniel G. Brinton. Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1890.
Another
copy.
VIII: Rig Veda Americanus. Sacred songs of the ancient Mexicans, with a gloss in Nahuatl. Edited, with a paraphrase, notes and vocabulary, by Daniel G. Brinton. Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1890.
American Hero-Myths. A study in the native religions of the western continent. By Daniel G. Brinton. Philadelphia: H. C. Watts & Co., 1882.
The Myths of the New World: A treatise on the symbolism and mythology of the red race of America. By Daniel G. Brinton. New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1868.The Books of Chilan Balam, the prophetic and historic records of the Mayas of Yucatan. By Daniel G. Brinton. Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., [1882].
A
Primer of Maya Hieroglyphs. By Daniel G.
Brinton. Boston: Ginn & Company, [1895]. —It
should be noted that the recent deciphering of Maya
hieroglyphs renders this book of mostly historical
interest, although the numerical and calendrical
hieroglyphs were understood by Brinton.
A Study of the Manuscript Troano. By Cyrus Thomas. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882.