Catlin's Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe: Volume 2 With his North American Indian Collection

The American artist George Catlin (1796–1872) was fascinated by the indigenous people of his homeland and spent many years living among them, painting them, and collecting their artefacts. In 1839 he took his vast collection to Europe to exhibit it, and he also toured with groups of visiting Native Americans. This illustrated two-volume account of his experiences was published in 1848. In Volume 2, Catlin discusses his travels with visiting Native Americans to Dublin, and later Paris, where he staged another exhibition and met King Louis Philippe. The final chapter recounts Catlin's attempt to sell his entire collection to the United States government to preserve 'all the records of this dying race'. His earlier account, Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (1841), is also reissued in this series, along with two later books for children about life among various tribes.

17. Arrival of fourteen Ioway Indians in London; 18. Character of the doctor; 19. Kind reception at Mr Disraeli's; 20. The doctor and Jim visit several churches; 21. Indians' remarks on the Zoological Gardens; 22. The Ioways in Vauxhall Gardens; 23. Newcastle-on-Tyne; 24. Arrival in Dublin; 25. The author arrives in Paris; 26. Indians at Madame Greene's party; 27. La Morgue; 28. Eleven Ojibbeway Indians arrive from London; 29. Indians' visit to the palace of St Cloud; 30. The author leaves his collection in the Louvre; 31. The author returns to his little children in Paris; Appendices.