The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-18

1.-THE Genesis Of the United States,
is the title of series of historical MSS.
collected by Alexander Brown, and pub
lished in two volumes by Houghton, Milf
film & Co., n. Y. and Boston. Price SIP.
Mr. Brown, who is q native of Nelson
county, Va, deserves much credit for
the time, labor and expense incurred in
collecting this valuable material The
work is intended to cover the period be
tween 1905 and 1916 or the period Of the
first foundation 1t is not IA history.
nor intended to be a history OF the first
settlement of the continent or the colo
MES, but is a reproductions. in convent
ent form, of ancient charters, tracts and
other material which will serve the pur-
poses of the future historian, and from
which every student may make up his
own Opinf ons.
Il endeavor to give. says Mr.. b., in
his preface, ''as complete an idea {narra-
tive, evidence. biography and iilustra-
tom as is now possible, of the movement
in England. 1905, -1616, which resulted in
the plantation of North America, by
Englishmen."
The value of Mr.. Browns work is in
contestible-its merits cannot be affected
by any capt1ous criticisms-it points out
the true causes of our colonization-re
moves many errors. He does not belong
to what has been styled n simple ana
plodding race of annalists who admire the
past because they are ignorant OF the
present, and who spend their lives amid
the dust of forgotten manuscripts, think
ing themselves able, with the resources
of their little learning, to speculate Oh
the affairs of men, to trace the history
OF different periods, and even to assign
to each the praise it ought to receive.
4 j 1xNv.,
bellished with portraits of the principal
men of the day connected with Ameri-
can colonization maps, plans, &c, and
forms a most rare, interesting and valu
able collection. Some of the papers were
never before published.
The compiler regards the efforts to set
tie America as the result OF the Kefor-
nation and us a national affair en- part
of the English-the Royal family. the
church, the great city of London guilds,
the army and navy and the learned pro
LESSONS being represented and taking an
active part in the movement. That this
is true, is amply shown by the MSS them
selves and especially by the biographical
sketches which make up one half Of the
end volume and in which are seen the
names of hundreds whose descendants
are at the present day living IN Virginia
We give the names of a few of the early
promoters and in every case there are
persons of the same name III Virginia
and doubtless of the same family; Alex
ander, Allen, Andrews. Archer, Atkin
son, Bacon, Ball, Barber, Bannister,
Baskerville, Beale, Berk Hey, Bland
Bond, Brooke, Brown. Calvert, Carey,
Carter, Conway, Dale, Davis. Drake, Ed
monds, Fuller Greene. Harper, Har
ris, Harrison, Hawkins, Howard. Mason,
Montague, Madison, Moore, Parker,
Peyton, Philips, Pelham, Preston, Rob
inson, Randolph, Russell, Scott, Shirley,
Smith, Stanley, Sheart, Throci>mortoll,
Timberlake, Tucker, Vaughan, Washing
ton, Walker, Waller, Watts, West, White
Wingfield, Winn, Wood.
We are glad that such old documents
as those in the volumes before us, are
being brought together in convent
ent form for reference, persuaded there
is more history in some of these old rec
ords, sermons and tracts than in many
Svo. volumes of so-called history, or as
+ Carlyle expresses the idea, there is more
history in lone little letter OF itneas
Sylvius. from old Scotland, than in
twenty books falsely entitled Histories
aud take to themselves that special aim
We cordially commend the work to the
reading public. 1t should be in every
library.
Staunton is booming, SO are Myerley
& Andrews. If you don't believe ii c;,ll
on them for your Christmas whiskey and