Maori Tales And Legends By Kate Emma McCosh Clark(née Woolnough)

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AdhiraamBose
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About The Author:-
Kate Emma McCosh Clark(née Woolnough;15th May,1847 to 30th November,1926) was a New Zealand children's writer,poet,artist and community worker.She wrote and illustrated an early New Zealand children's book,A Southern Cross Fairy Tale,which was published in London in 1891.Her other works included Persephone and other Poems(1894) and Maori Tales and Legends(1896).

Her last work Maori Tales and Legends(1896),was intended to interest and instruct young people about New Zealand and the Māori people,and was also illustrated by Atkinson.She noted in the introduction that she had "endeavoured to adhere to the true spirit of the tales themselves,and to give them the form,expression and speech characteristic of the country and clever native race".Her sources included George Grey and Tāwhiao,the Māori king.Of the latter,she said she met him on several occasions and "heard much that was valuable regarding the Maoris".

Link To The Author's Wikipedia Page:-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Clark_(writer)

Link(s) To The Text:-
https://archive.org/details/moritaleslegend00clargoog

*In The Given Link,All The Pages Are Intact And The Text In Them Are Readable.
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