Mary Kawena Pukui was a noted authority on the Hawaiian language. She had a long professional association with the Bernice P. Bishop Museum and translated many Hawaiian historical documents. She coauthored, with Samuel H. Elbert, the Hawaiian Dictionary and Place Names of Hawaii.

A wide-ranging collection which adds much to our knowledge of Hawaiian poetry." —Journal of Polynesian Society"Art and scholarship are happily united here, to preserve from being lost forever some of the beautiful poems which were composed by native Hawaiians." —O. A. Bushnell

Mary Kawena Pukui was a noted authority on the Hawaiian language. She had a long professional association with the Bernice P. Bishop Museum and translated many Hawaiian historical documents. She coauthored, with Samuel H. Elbert, the Hawaiian Dictionary and Place Names of Hawaii.

A wide-ranging collection which adds much to our knowledge of Hawaiian poetry." —Journal of Polynesian Society"Art and scholarship are happily united here, to preserve from being lost forever some of the beautiful poems which were composed by native Hawaiians." —O. A. Bushnell

Mary Kawena Pukui was a noted authority on the Hawaiian language. She had a long professional association with the Bernice P. Bishop Museum and translated many Hawaiian historical documents. She coauthored, with Samuel H. Elbert, the Hawaiian Dictionary and Place Names of Hawaii.

A wide-ranging collection which adds much to our knowledge of Hawaiian poetry." —Journal of Polynesian Society"Art and scholarship are happily united here, to preserve from being lost forever some of the beautiful poems which were composed by native Hawaiians." —O. A. Bushnell