New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-30

mitted prove that conspicuous success mas oeeh
attained In this endeavor. To do this, without
the mid of comment Of any kind, and simply ny
discriminating selection and fellcitous arrange
! ment is surely literary achievement OF hign
order.
Coming to examine the work in detail, the
readcr soon discovers with what art and labor IL
has been constructed The opening episode oil
vo,rme is n fair example. 1t begins with inter
esting citations from the writings Of Captain Johh
Smitb describing his adventures on the ChlcRir
bominy. his reflections upon New-Engiand' anu
the romance of Pocahontas. In this last the
reader NAV learn, in Captain Smiths own worus'
-. a t,,o great stones were brought before Pow
rev. then Ms many as could laid hands on him.
asrcsd him to them, and thereon laid his head
and being ready with their clubs TO beate ou'
his braines Pocahontas, the Kings oearesV
daughter when no entreaty could preValle gov
his head in her armes, and lald her owhe upon i'
- savo him from DEATH Then follows his ac-
count of her marriage with John hone' ah', ,no
snoint letter in which the Captain presented her
~ Oven Anne is given in full With this is the
oo,,,lee text of Rolfe's letter to Sir Thomas Dale
Getting with singular franlxness and detail tne
,ourso of his thoughts regarding the marriage anu
.ho reasons for his decsion-a curious document
s.oomnanied with the portrait Of Pocahontas Ado
e. this the pen-portrayal Of Powhatan by William
Strachev. in his History OF Iravaile ln.o w.,
oin;s written about 61S, and we nave LII Vii''
careful grouping, picture, compie.e anu ''VS
inc Of all the important personages Ill ons io.
.io .n;sode Of early Colonial history and OF tne
s...ssorr circumstances Each extract is long
enough TO tell story in itself, and this IL shou"
he said in passing, is one OF the dlstincCiVe
,,,.s ~ this compilation which avoids the error 81
common 10 works Of this KIND, OF apore'
f1n
extracts so fsr that they are OF nttle reai M M.
est In the case Just noted wheh coiieoo .Lo
selections give all the reader neeas 10 eHIO'
story and give him what ne couiu seV ~.
~ much research and waste of reading
tn. oa;tors have wisely avoided an exact repro
auctson in every case, Of the early printing anu
ss.,,;rs nreserying only so much asNvas necessary
~ .ho, tb. usor re of the time. and shrewuiy Pie
-; not IN weary their readers Before lea'!ne
a.. pccabontas episode we yield TO inc
.o ,,,otc Smiths account of his hrst meeIiis W."
nor in England, which is pretty pio.uio -, Va
lo. - ,,-;Ifnlness in the savage Kings daughter
ana ends with pleasant tribute TO inc Hioi"N''
| Of the white race: 49,. INV word. she
After modest sal1tatio3 without DC not tF Seeming we'll
sscu and in that umur her So%rss
We all RaEs r nsf s sSss could sB Eng
S long a sst ssu essaa shea had
memberea mee a wc p,o Mse PoWhasn what yours
h. his. and he tho like to you you ca te same
father, being In his an lsnq 1on wsioh though would
have excused burst not ALLOW OF 's s set counten-
was snss %srs you not afraid into my
fathers countre and caused leaIe ,e should cali you
sSer tell You then will and you shall ro ose coun
chdc so will bee for ever a Won We're dead and
Irl sna no other tin to Plymouth yeS and
batan dId command UttamaiomaA nnrntremen win lie
know the TRUTH because your '0"H'''''D''
] much" 5000 l.; riotnresoue
aos,r;+ions of the pioneer life on the virginia anu
Nv ENGLAND shores Hair-breadth escapes "no
| adventures. and interesting incidents III 'no NJ
course of the settlers with the moaii' or Nc
ralod in ouaint.old English 1nese a''ra'V 'n
more readily perhaps, than tne moio 80 Anna
-, litararyfeatures such as the poems OIL Aiiro
PPsS...ot .bo q Tenth Muse" Here the eye laIs
49, oooident on q remark by John Pory' an oOserV-
~. oo1orist which would seem to indicate thaV Tue
.rpn,;se of foreigners in seeing how wen gwen 'no
.onr.r classes of Americans are able TO dress 10
Vow old story indeed. Writing In loi'' il ~.
Ieos.o,yn which was hardly metropolis at thaV
l 80 so1s n Sir Dudley Carleton: NOW 'naV
49, T ordsbin NAV lxnowe that we are hoU 'ho
| ,,ori.st beqgars in the worde, our co"eAo'p IL -
| ~ JamesoCitty, on Sundays goes acco"Uoiu
fresh flaming sill1e and wife Oh ohe 'n"' - ,Ion
,ond had professed the black arte, noO u ST. 49,
hnt of a collier Of Croydon, wears hei us ,,;to
49, nth fair perle Maitland, and siiNeh SUN
na0' WV One noticeable peculiar
80 ,hose carly records is the frequent uipu'e'
~ a. cor+,eness and modesty Of the aporieiho',
"" o,rnous account Of the first settlenchV u
| Maryland says: ... Won cannot doe
generally tho nation is 80 nobo Inat ,Sev returno it,
them any favor or good them but they weigh all
WITH calm and quiet reason A tnad rI So in long
srsst, s affairs 4G be se sd are then they
snsWer YES or no. in two words Anu Mamie were once
to ths resolution If sR %ee have reason think
| nothing hipders 1t but want OF I laisu"e0' :"
| right vertuous and reno"hcu N""0 ,, u,os
| AS the virginian chapter OIL .li, ~.
appropriately introduced by Nicnaei 10y t."oothos
poem on the yirginian VOYAGE "il0n .-sotinn
- - snir;t Of adventure and curiosity animatins
| 49, cavaliers so the citations from the carry
.,o1s ~ tho stern Puritans of New-Engiano open
.-.i,h holy George Herbert's' lines hengion
westward Bent" beginning:
| 'pol,cion stands on tp-toe In our lana,
Peade TO pass to the American s'ldno'
| couernor Bradford describes the severe s'alu-
ards Of the Puritans in dress. For example, 'no
wife Of Mr. johnson, the pastor al AnsUcIu"in' s"I
offence because having formerly oeeh ,'0n
merchants wife, she wore such apparei as siie n"u
been formerly used to, which were hei'ner 49,
siye nor immodest, for their cme1ese eAeep"o"
were against her wearing OF some whaleoohe LII vi,
bodice and sleeves Of her gown, corked Shoes anu
other such like things as the citizens OF her rank
then used to wear And although, for oifense sake,
she and he were willing to reform the fashions Oh
them so far as might be without spelling OF their
garments, yet it would not content them except
they came full up to their sizes" The Governor
gives another instance In England godly man,
long imprisoned for his religion is released and
goes to see an old woman who had been very kind
to him. She came up to him and felt OF his
band for her eyes were dim with age) and perceiv-
ing it was something stifened with starch she was
much displeased and reproved him very sharply,
fearing God would not prosper his journey. Yet
the man was a plain countryman clad in gray
russet without either welt or guard las the proverb