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"""The Indian Fairy Book,"" written by Cornelius Mathews, transports readers into a land of enchantment, where Native American culture comes to life through a selection of engaging tales. Mathews crafts a tapestry of magical legends from many indigenous tribes, offering insights into these societies' spiritual beliefs, cultural traditions, and imaginative worldviews. Readers are exposed to a broad range of characters, from benevolent spirits to naughty tricksters, each representing parts of the human experience and the natural world, via colorful narrative. These stories explore morality, nature, creation, and the interaction between people and supernatural beings. Mathews not only maintains Native American oral traditions, but also incorporates his own literary flair, making the tales accessible and interesting to a wider audience. As they read through this captivating anthology, readers get a deeper respect for indigenous peoples' rich cultural legacy and the enduring power of storytelling across generations."

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Cornelius Mathews (October 28, 1817 - March 25, 1889) was an American writer best remembered for his role in the late 1830s establishment of the literary group Young America with editor Evert Duyckinck and author William Gilmore Simms. Mathews was born in Port Chester, New York on October 28, 1817, to Abijah Mathews and Catherine Van Cott. He went to Columbia College and graduated from New York University in 1834. He then went to law school and was admitted to the New York bar in 1837. At the time, American literature was usually thought to be inferior to British literature, and American authors were pushed to closely follow English patterns. This, at least, was the opinion of New York's literary elite, who tended to gravitate around the influential and conservative editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine, Lewis Gaylord Clark. Mathews emphatically disagreed, calling for a new literary style that would represent a uniquely American identity, but not in a populist or demotic way.

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