It is an important undertaking for anyone to provide us with
entertaining reading matter for our moments of leisure; therefore, when
the editor of this book prepared it for publication he depended upon the
support of all the friends of learning in these islands; and this
thought alone has encouraged him to persevere in his work throughout all
the difficulties that blocked his way. Now, for the first time is given
to the people of Hawaii a book of entertainment for leisure moments like
those of the foreigners, a book to feed our minds with wisdom and
insight. Let us all join in forwarding this little book as a means of
securing to the people more books of the same nature written in their
own tongue--the Hawaiian tongue.
And, therefore, to all friends of learning and to all native-born
Hawaiians, from the rising to the setting sun, behold the
Woman-of-the-Twilight! She comes to you with greetings of love and it is
fitting to receive her with the warmest love from the heart of Hawaii.
_Aloha no!_[1]
[Footnote 1: For the translation of Haleole's foreword, which is in a
much more ornate and involved style than the narrative itself, I am
indebted to Miss Laura Green, of Honolulu.
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