Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXXV, Number 41, 9 October 1896 — Na Buke Hoonaauao. [ARTICLE]

Na Buke Hoonaauao.

Aneane kakou e hoea aku i ke keneturia Iwakalua, a o ka aneane no hoi ia e piha ke keneturia hookahi o ke keha haaheo ana a Hawaii iaia iho he aupuni i komo iioko o ka poai o na aupuni naauao o ke ao nei; aka, oiai' hoi ua nui a iehuiehu na makahiki o ; kakou i noho ai i keia au naauao &i hoiomua, aole i hoike mai ka hapanui 0 na haumana hoiomua i puka po'no: mai nā kula nui mai o kakou i kekahi • haha hōohaauao i ka lahui mawaho ; ae o na mea piii kaiaiaioa ame na mea, piii hoonaauao. Ua lehuiehu na poe i kalaiaina a na iehuiehu loa nohoi na { kahunapuie e hoonaauao nei i ka iahui t ma na pono iani. Mawaena o ka poai \ 1 kapaia he poo kalaiaina, he poe ioio ' ka hapanui loa o iakou. Aka, owai \ na kakan mooleio o ka aina? Ua ha- * ia aku o S. M. Kamakau me kana mau j hnka moolaio waiwai nui e piii ana \ no ko kmkou alna aioha, axue ka moo-1 kuauhau o na *111 i hala aku. ua na-1 lowaie kana buke ma ka lima o kekahi | mea. He poino ia no ka lahui. no ka j mea, aia iloko oiaiia na wai meii mo- j

n.oßa "e ko'u ai ka puu ' o hoohialaai heiuheiu laooleīo. Ua lehulehu no na buke I unuliiia a hoolahaia ma ka kakou olelo makuahine, aka, he kakaikahi o lakoū e hiki ke kapaia he mau buke e hoonaaaao ai i ka lahui. fa ake noi oa poe kakau buke ma na moolelo kaao, ca powa. na makai Kia, ame na mooielo eae he nui. Nolaila, oko makou iini, e unuhiia na buke waiwai io maoii mai ka olelo Enelani mai. na huke kupono e loaa ai ka pomaikai i na poe heiuhelu. Ina no e ao ia na haumana ma na kula i na buke maikai, e loaa no ia lakou ka ike kupono. A peia nohoi ka iehulehu, ina e waihoia aku imua o ko lakou mau kiionohi na buke wai-me!i he iehulehu € moe lolii mai nei iloko o ka olelo Enelani, aole e neie ka ioaa oka pomaikai. Aia na huke a Walter Scott, na buke naauao a Bacon, Pohakuhauoii, Hoonaueueihe. Haku Tennyson, Robert Louis Stevenson, (i noho ai i Honoluiu nei mamua), a he nui wale aku o na buke waiwai nui. O keia poe kakaikahi ae la i hoike ia maluna, ua kakau lakou i na buke ohohia nui' loa ai ma Eneiani ame Amerika, ame na iahui e ae i ike i ka olelo Beriiani. He nani maoli na manao i wae akahele ia e keia poe kakau, he naauao kulipolipo na olelo, a o kekahi mau olelo naauao a lakou, ua walewaha mawaena o na poe naauao o ke ao nei. E laa keia: "0 ka mea nani, he olioli mau loa ia."—na Pope E piii ana no ke kanaka haahaa i hoonohoia ma kekahi kulana kiekie, eia ka Hoonaueueihe olelo naauao: "Aka, he mea i maa mau, o ke kulana haahaa, he alapii ia no ka opio ake hanohano, ilaila hoi ka mea e pii ana e hahai aku ai i kona mau kiionohi; aka, i kona wa e hehi ai i ke anuu i ka wekiu loa, hoohuli mai la oia i kona kua i ke alapii. kilohi aku la i ke ao, a alawa kuekue-makanui mai la i ke ala haahaa ana i pii aku ai."

He nui a lehulehu wale aku na olelo nāauao pohihihi a keia poe kanaka naauao i hala aku, a eia ke ola nei ko lakou inoa ia hanauna aku a ia hanauna aku, mamuli o na buke a lakou i kakau ai—he mau kiahoomanao olinolino mau loa. Nolaila, ke manao nei makou, o ka unuhiia ana o ka moolelo o Kaisara i kakauia e Hoonaueueihe. he buke waiwai nui ia no na kanaka Hawaii. Owai la iwaena o na Opio Hawaii i ike i ka Olelo Enelani e aa ana e unuhi i keia moolelo no ka pomaikai o ka lahui? Aka, ua manao nae makou ina he Opio Hawaii kekahi e manao ana e hooko aku i keia haawina kiiakila o ka holoinua o keia pepa no ke hoopuka aku i kekahi mau mahele oia moolelo