In bringing together this collection of Hawaiian legends, the author of this little book has conferred a great favor upon all those residents of Hawaii and of those visitors to its shores who ~pay take an interest in its original inhabitants, once an exceedingly numerous people, but now a scattering remnant only. To that native race this little book will be at once a joy and a sorrow;
to the heart of the haole, who has lived among them, known them intimately for thirty years or more and learned to love them, this collection of the
legends of old Honolulu brings a warm "Aloha!"
to the heart of the haole, who has lived among them, known them intimately for thirty years or more and learned to love them, this collection of the
legends of old Honolulu brings a warm "Aloha!"
