ence, that their squalor is not always of their
own choosing. You have shown the tender grandeur of their love, the
endurance of their constancy. While, by 'Ramona,' you have made your
name immortal, you have done something which is far greater. You are but
one: they are many. You have helped those who cannot help themselves. As
a novel, 'Ramona' must stand beside 'Romola,' both as regards literary
excellence and the portrayal of life's deepest, most vital, most solemn
interests. I think nothing in literature since Goldsmith's 'Vicar of
Wakefield' equals your description of the flight of Ramona and
Alessandro. Such delicate pathos and tender joy, such pure conception of
life's realities, and such loftiness of self-abnegating love! How much
richer and happier the world is with 'Ramona' in it!"

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A KEY TO "RAMONA."

A Century of Dishonor.

A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with some of the
Indian Tribes.

By Helen Jackson (H. H.)

AUTHOR OF "RAMONA," "VERSES," "BITS OF TRAVEL," ETC.

"The report made by Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Kinney is grave, concise,
and deeply interesting. It is added to the appendix of this new
edition of her book. In this California journey, Mrs. Jackson found
the materials for 'Ramona,' the Indian novel, which was the last
important work of her life, and in which nearly all the incidents
are taken from life. In the report of the Mission Indians will be
found the story of the Temecula removal and the tragedy of
Alessandro's death as they appear in 'Ramona.'"--_Boston Daily
Advertiser._

"A number of striking cases of breach of faith, heartless
banishment from homes confirmed to the Indians by solemn treaties,
and wars wantonly provoked in order to make an excuse for
dispossessing them of their lands, are grouped together, making a
panorama of outrage and oppression which will arouse the
humanitarian instincts of the nation to the point of demanding that
justice shall be done toward our savage wards.... 'H. H.' succeeds
in holding up to the public eye a series of startling pictures of
Indian wrongs, drawn from a century of American history."--_New
York Tribune._

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Mrs. Jackson's Letter of Gratitude to the President.

The following letter from Mrs. Jackson to the President was written by
her four da