Ao Kikois a punctuation guide which may not seem like the most exciting subject, but its necessity for learners of the written and printed Hawaiian language is demonstrated by the fact that various editions and printings appeared throughout the 1840s. The first printed in 1843 of only 200 copies quickly proved insufficient. The copy at AAS is from the second heavily revised and corrected edition from 1844 when 1,000 copies were printed and an additional 10,000 copies were printed over the next few years. The wrappers on AAS's copy are printed waste from an unidentified issue of the Hawaiian newspaper, Ka Elele Hawaii.
English translation of title from Forbes: Punctuation instructed. That is, instruction as to punctuation, and insertion of capital letters in the language.