Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-08
Notices of New Books.

AMERICAN COLONIAL TRACTS,
MONTHLY. Published by George p.
Humphrey, Rochester, N. Y.
No. H. for March, 1898: New Englands
Plantation; or, a Short and True De-
scrlption Of the Commodities and Dis
commodities of that Country. Written by
a reverend divine now there resident.
London: Printed by Il. C. & r. c., for
Michael Sparkle dwelling at the Sign Of
the Blue Bible, in Green Arbor, in the
Little Old Bailey. $780,
No. T. for April, 1898: "a Petition of W.
c.. Exhibited to the High Court of Parlia-
ment Now Assembled, for the Propaga-
ton Of the Gospel in America and the
West Indies. and for the Settnng Of Our
Plantations There; Which Petition is APP
proved by Seventy Able English Divines;
also. by Master Alexander Henderson
and Some Other Worthy Ministers OF
Scotland. Printed in the year l6il."
The number for April completes the
first volume, and with it Is furnished a
very complete index which makes the
twelve Nos. readily available FOR reIer-
ence purposes. OF the twelve Nos. con-
stituting the first volume, five relate d.
rectly to the Colony of virginia, -FOUR 10
Georgia, one each TO South Caroiha anu
New England, and one to the spread OF
the Gospel in the Colonies generally. The
following extracts form the April No.
the tract written by William Castell,
narson Of Courtenhall, In the county OF
Northampton. and diocese or Peter
borough. may be worth reprinting during
these times of war with Spain: Inc
Standard boasteth much OF what ne hath
done i'm this kind, but their own authors
ronort their un-Chrstian behavior es-
peciaily their monstrous crueltes 10 NC
sucb as they caused the infdels TO de-
test the name of Christ. Your Wlsuoils
NAV Judge of the lion by his ciaw' III
one of their islands, called HlspahIola'
of 100000 men, as Benzo, In MS ltah an
history. affirmeth, they had not Iell 10y
souls. The Lipsius justly compiaihe'ii
80 uheresoever they came they cut
down men as they did corn, wi'n1u' a,y
So,,uassion. And as for those who sur
,,ived they bought their lives AT dear
,ates for they put them TO bear their
oarriaees from place 10 place. and IL
thev failed by the way, they either ms
orahIv dismembered or killed them out
stsht They lodged them ike brute
beasts under the planks or their shlps'
t,u their flesh rottcd from thelr paehS'
and II any failed in the full perlorndlcS
- their tasks. he was sure 10 De "hlppeu
AN h,s bodv. distilled with gore plood'
and then poured they In either molten
nitch or scalding oil TO supple theni'
And I'm case the Spaniard Will be trouble
some TO our plantations, or shall as II Is
generally conceived. be found an enemy
70 his Kingdom, there is no way more
likely TO secure England than by having
a strong navy there. whereby we may
come TO share, If not utterly 10 delea'
MIN of that vast Indian treasure where-
with he setteth on fire great part OF
the Christian world, corrupteth many
councillors of State" &c.
The announcements for the second
volume include Captain John Smith
New England Trials and several tracts
on Virginia"
MuysIC-How 1T CAMB AND WHAT
TT Is. BY Hannah Smith. Illustrated
New York: Charles Scribners Sohs'
254 pages Price. si.2.
The author says in her preface that
"this book is founded on various courses
OF lectures which the writer has gwen
during the past few years. Somethihs
has been added and something omitted.
What could easily be made clear ny
practical musical illustrations has hao
10 be explained by mere words ana an