Diaries of Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaiʻi, 1885–1900, The

Editor: David W. Forbes Hardcover, 576 pp. Queen Liliuokalani, the eighth monarch of the Hawaiian Islands, is known and honored throughout the world, even though she was never ceremonially crowned. Published here for the first time, the Queen’s diaries, which she penned between 1885 and 1900, reveal her experience as heir apparent and monarch of the Hawaiian Islands during one of the most intense, complicated, and politically charged eras in Hawaiian history. The practice of keeping journals and diaries was well established among the Hawaiian aliʻi, or chiefs, when Lydia Kapaakea Paki, later known as Liliuokalani, was a child. In most cases, however, only fragments of aliʻi diaries have survived. Those of Queen Liliuokalani are the sole—and striking—exception. The Liliuokalani diaries for 1887, 1888, 1889 (short version), 1893, and 1894 are a part of the group of documents known as the “seized papers” that are now held by the Hawaii State Archives. These are among the records seized by