Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01


Il work as DIR. Eggleston's "H'story
Life in the Thirteen Colonies, uon.~
pearing in the pages of The Nci
No more important addition t.
can history has lately been at 2.
and the chapters already pa,
show with what elaborate ca
of preparation, what cSnscien ,,
of detail, what mastery Of matei'
what felicitous literary art, thew,
be done. DR.. Eggleston is
story-teler; amply journalistic
has taught him to seize the
points of an event and set ther
the reader vividly and sucr
while his native fairness and ,l
make it certain that he will nevur
draw or distort his historical ri.'
The nice justice with which his
is done is seen in the first O.,
which sketches the jamestown @.
DR.. Eggleston is himself a Vi.
by descent; but he does not fail
in clear light the character %
first colonists. "Poor gen.
tradesmen, serving men, lib
and such like, ten times more
o-pa = commonwealth than eii
viii contllHr but help to mainta,a
upon Stafford Apc lSaS"in' e ths m5%iTe.. pIGp
quoted byTple 4'thor The ia
natural selet ,ludinr 7r'r ,wo-,
mercfully hero Nu1n5 T., igu
not fit to survive, " :, I'D mo
Famine and hardship ,,Vsoed- o.. Nh
colony, and left only the sturdiest y
EgglestOn's portrait of Captain J b
Smith is painted with warm colors Il
has u liking for the doughty old ",
tist, as have most of the student
that period. 1t is evident that Caul'
John had some good reasons for hin,
ing well of himself. Boaster he wl
but he was likewise fighter, wr.Der
builder, ruler. The estimate put 4u.
him by this author will recall th .
Professsr Tyler in his "Histol,
American Literature These tw
students have wrought independent
in this field of colonial history, an
Professor Tyler's delineation of tn
colonial life is only incidental TO hi
main purpose; but the histories, whe
complete will admirably supplement
each other. Both writers have tn
same aptitude for research, and tn
same skill of presentation; of DR.. Egg
leston's history it may be said, as
was said by "The Nation" of Pre-
fcssor Tylcr's, that it is more interest
ing than most novels.
The second installment of this work
which treats of "The Planting of Ney
England" is equally faithful an,
equally felicitous. DR.. Eggleston ha
closely comprehended the relation o
the Plymouth Separatists to the Eng
lish Church, and the causes of thei
removal first to Holland, and then t.
America; he estimates the leaders o
the movement, Bradford, Brewster
Robinson and the rest, very justly; h
gives a vivid picture of the early life a
Plymouth, and in the colony of Massa
chusetts Bay. The author is neither
Puritan, nor the son of n Puritan; bu
he does large justice to the men VIII
founded New England.
The title of this history should no
be lightly passed over by the reader
1t is the history of life in the thirteel
colonies. The political complications
the wals, the doings of governors ant
kings, are only touched upon in so ia
as they affect the life of the people; tn
aim is to present, with all possible full
ness, the family life, the religious life
the social life, the industrial life, tn
commercial life, of the whole people
Macaulay's famous Third Chapter is
type of the historical studies to whicl
this volume will be largely devoted. |
is new kind of history, but it is tn
noblest kind-more difficult to write
no doubt, but far better worth readin,
than the stories of battles and cabal
with which our books of history ar
commonly crowded. 1t is a matter o
congratulation that this work has fallel
into the hands of so painstaking an,
skillful a writer, and that, by the man
ner of its publication, it is brought I'm
der the eyes of such a multitude o
readers,