The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22

A nothrr Favorable. Notice from an Eng
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attention in t.ngland a> will he seen
- the review Of it in the .>p.rAu,
london. published below.
Among the nn.irc- in this country
which haze recently come to thi, Office
very pleasant one by 80 excellent
..I authority a Prof. +. &. Steiner.
i NrnAl> of tie American .Araielny.
'r,i. ~tcinc; says
''Thi j, he borinning ne wI.ar bids
iA. - ic one Of the best nl rlr ~,nr,
'@,inre~. Mr.. Mc''raly lron-, to
low this vpiun4 With tic 'iiiAcr
history of th- Palmetto -;a;- u- ~"
close of h. im,licnn Resolution.
We trust hc vii not top ,lirrc SO
stat need t. layc her history writ
TN more tIian Sonlh Carolina, anI NO
one Is 20 well fitted To write that his
,,.r; a. orr author. Too many O.. our
historical writer, are too tinoruu, or
TOO little alive to the Importance uf
the history Of the various portions IF
,hc Mon under the Federal Consti-
tuition am. 50 stop their work too
soon. South Carolina history should
tc written down to the close Of the
reconstruction period in 1876, and
though we should probably disagree
with many things Mr.. McCrady would
write in the latter portion Of the work,
We are most anxious to see him under
take the task. 1t would be most
valuable treatise for the student Of
American history and politics.
Prof. H. J.. Osgood, reviewing in
the Political Science Quarterly, I'os
ton, Mass, The First Republic in
America, by Alexander Brown, and
Gen. McCrady' history, writes
"a book Of different order, though
uron kindred subject, is McCrady's
History Of South Carolina Under the
Proprietary Government. It. supplies
long felt need, and when the work
which the author has planned shall
have been carried through to the Rev
olution we are confident that Il strong
light will be east upon what ha, been
hitherto an obscure period in carly
American history. The volume be-
fore us is the result Of thorough
study Of all accessible sources. The
influence Of Rivers is in evidence and
is frequently acknowledged, but
throughout the volume there is abun-
dant proofs Of original thought and
research. The documents in the Co
lonial Records Of North Carolina have
been utilized SO far as they throw
light on the Southern province Mono
graphs and pamphlets have not been
overlooked. Though social causes and
conditions have not been neglected,
the book is mainly political and legal
IN character. The authors profrS
Sional training enables him to discuss
legal questions in Il con yincing man
ncr, and to give them considerable
prominence. Like other good Caro-
linians, he is not lacking in State
pride, but this is restrained within
reasonable bounds. The organization
and policy Of the board of proprictors
are discussed thoroughly and with
fairness. The conflicts with the In
,iians, with pirates ana with the Span
iards. the peculiar difficulties to which
South Carolina was exposed rs Il bor-
der province. receive their due share
of attention. Reference is made to
European relations 80 far as they had
Il bearing on the history Of the PROV
incc. The book is unusually free
from errors, and in accuracy. thought
fulncss and fairness nf spirit closely
comes UP to the measure Of what Il
State history should be.
TIE FOUNDING or Snlrii rNRufINA
The History Of South Carolina ndcr
the Proprietary Government. li10
l'lH. BY Edward McCrady New
York, The Macmillan Company
London: Macmillan 4 Co.
Mr.. NcCradys book deals, at what
To English readers may seem excessive
length with the early history of his
native State. There were less than
1000 whites in South Carolina when
the Proprietary Government ended.
and he has filed 100 pages in telling
is how they got there. But the book
is so carefully and well done, written
with such grasp and breadth, that it
cannot be dismissed as of merely local
interest. We arc too apt to take all
our American history from New Eng
landcrs, or all our Southern history
from Nirrinians. and thus to overlook