Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-09
New Books.

WRITING. Of CArisi0pheT Columbus. Descrip-
tive of the Discovery and Occupation
OF the New World. Fitted, with an
Introduction, by PAUL LEICESTER toRD.
New York: CHARLES l.. Webster ~ Co.
1892. SvO. PIP. 2j5.
This Is an opportune volume and 1t is
very we'll gotten up. We are presented
with eleven papers. which are not gene
rally accessible. Seven are letters of Co
LUMBUs, full of credulity, exaggeration,
vagaries. and inordlnAte promises. OF
gold, pearls, spices. and other yaluables
intended TO satisfy the cupidity of his pa
irons. whose expectations be greatly en-
HANGED. His own were perhaps sincere,
though excessive. The extent of them Is
fully displayed by his MGyordzgo, or Deed
of Entail, in which millions are settled IN
perpetuity upon his sons, brothers, and
others of his blood. This was probably sue
ceeded by another. But what con-
trast is presented by his will, when,
not only had his hopes not been
realized. but no had recorded, IN a
letter to Ferdinand AMI Isabella, July 7,
1903: such is my fate that the twenty
years service through which have passed
with 80 much Toll and danger has prohted
me nothing, and at this very day do not
possess a roof IN Spain | can call my own
if wish TO eat or sleep | have nowhere 10
90 but TO the inn or tavern, aud most
times lack wherewith TO pay the bill"
How sad and pathetic. Yes, let the
civilized world give him a ptGyOrdzgO of
glory, though his family pride and ambl-
ton were deprived of one of mdrdredises.
One Of the articles Is defence of the
privileges which were granted him at the
time of his frat expedition. and which
seemed TO have been in jeopardy. One Of
the most interesting is his letter 10 Juana
De La Torres. the nurse Of Prince Don
John. 1t was written when no was IN
prison, and perhaps IN chains, IN San Do
mingo, in the fall of 1909. and the victim OF
the ingratitude Of the Spanish soyereiGns
and Of the tyranny of Bobadllla, who had
been sent out by them. professedly to
try TO heal the distractions that
had arisen in their newly -discov-
cred territory. This letter was intended
no doubt, for their Maiestles. 1t charges
BOBADILLk with taking and approprlating
his gold without weighing or measuring
IL: with seizing and holding his papers,
especially those which would be most use
full in proving his innocence, and with or
derlng inquiries into mlsdeeds imputed 10
him, such as were never invented IN
IL.
tragic fall went on and WAS cOnsummated. |
But the exploration of this new world, to
which he inevitably led. also went on and
has been accomplished. The work Of four
centuries has, with oil its hindrances. de-
laws, and failures. been very molly done AT
last. And now. despite all the dlsparage-
ment of carping critics, his own proud
prophecy has been fulfilled. In 1888 he
reminds his royal patrons OF the glory
and greatness which would accrue to them
NrO,i1ho,u nj me ,rorld," from his discov-
cries Again, in 1900, he appeals TO them,
through the nurse of their son, for justice
that he might be re-established in repu-
tatiou and spoken Of throughout he uniUfrse,
for the things which he had accomplished
were such that they must gain day by day
in the estimation of mankind" So. let the
grand Worlds Fair begin and continue.
Virqinia Before and During The Var. BY
II. H. FARMRB, NJ. ID. From j. W. RAN |
DoIPH & Co. 1892.
This pamphlet of lO2 pages was pub
llshed by the author in Henderson, Ky. IL !
contains accurate and detailed pictures of |
farming and rural life IN its various grades !
in different parts Of Virginia, and some dis |
cussion of matters involved IN the war be- |
tween the States.
There is also plenty OF loving. court |
ing, and marrying in it. and one of tho |
brides, Yankee schoolmarm, is converted |
into willing stakeholder. Yet it can |
hardly lay claim TO being any addition to |
southern literature. Some of its blem- |
Ishes may be those Of type and proof-read- |
er; but can the following be laid to them? |
'As he kept his own council" &C.: land |
the United States had hare sent troops. |
&c, " Hambden and many worthless of |
England We are told that "our ances- !
tors would have been surely subjugsted by |
Great Britain If they had not been aided |
by France and Spain" Our obligation 20 |
France was very great; but what did we |
owe TO Spain!
Annual address before he american Bar /
association, al Saratoga Springs, W T., |
Augss, %, 1892. BY JoHN RAspoLPH |
TUCKER, Of Virginia. professor OF consti- |
tutional law. ETC., in Washington and |
Lee University. Reprinted from the |
Transactions Of the Association. Phila- |
delphia; Dando Printing and Publish |
ing Company, "a south Third street. A |
pamphlet OF thirty-four pages.