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CONTENTS. Section 1. Introductory Section 2. The Literary Faculty in the Native Mind   Vivid imagination of the Indians.   Love of story telling.   Appreciation of style.   Power and resources of their languages.   Facility in acquiring foreign languages.   Native writers in the English tongue.   In Latin.   In Spanish.   Ancient books of Aztecs.   Of Mayas, etc.   Peruvian Quipus. Section 3. Narrative Literature   Desire of preserving national hist