It was written by Montague Chamberlain and published by the Harvard Cooperative Society in 1899.
Chamberlain credits Wolastoqew native James Pual of Apohaqui as his principal assistant in gathering Maliseet vocabulary.
The book includes an introduction by Professor William F. Ganong of Smith College, who calls it the first work in the field, and asserts that the young people of the Wolastoqiyik "care nothing" for their language and culture, and that the conditions making the book possible were rapidly slipping away with the passing of the (then-) present generation, although this prediction has not been borne out.
Given Chamberlain's status as a naturalist and bird enthusiast, he managed to record 481 Maliseet words related to plants and animals, including 124 Maliseet words for different types of birds.
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