The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-08
SOME NEW nOOHs.
J.s,,. w,user.s yIrs OF Columbus.


World would DO marked by q subsection Of tho
records OF the orr OF discovery to the methods
and appliances OF modern historical criticisms.
For American readers such rennrration OF
the story OF Tho great navlgntors. aud OF Co
lumbus in particular. was especially desirable.
for up TO the present tlmo Irvnc's Life Of co.
luinbus has not been superseded. although tho
vitality OF that work Is due almost exclusively
10 fts uniadinC charm Of style. the writer
not having Ind an opportunity OF exam.
thing biographical materials which have
eincc become accessible. It !s fortu-
nnbs that tho task OF producing life
Of Columbus ombodylng tho rlpcst rc-
suits Of criticism should haro been undertaken
by 90 vol qualified an Investigator as Mr..
JUSTIN wiSsoR. tho wel-known editor OF tho
Narrative and Critical History OF America In
the volumo Of more than 600 pages which hc
has Just published through Mossrs. Houghton.
Niftin & Co. will be found tho latest and most
Trustworthy answers to such controvortcd
questions as whore was Columbus born anu
who weso his ancestors: what was tho cxtont
Sf hiS Axpoyienco ia navigation. and did he
SvSv visit tho northern seas: on which OF the
bahamas did he lind. and whore have his
bones found final resting place There Is
not one Of these inquiries which has not OK
cited prolonged and earnest discussion. and II
10 therefore with peculiar interest that we notc
the conclusions at which Mr.. Winsor arrives.
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