The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-11

ening feeling and awakening aspiration. It is
not dull uniformity in what is called charita-
BILE work that Is needed, but spiritual conse-
Grafton. that will make all work sacred be-
cause inspired with a noble motive The
argument for a perfectly rounded life in this
book is strong and irresistible. The author S
conception Of what that life is and how it
may be attained are most intelligently and
attractively set forth.
The True Story OF Captain John
Smith. BY Katharine Pearson Woods.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Min
neapolis: N. Mccarthy Price $3.50 Sent
postpaid by the publishers to any address
approval.
This book appears to be a very complete
biography OF this eminent member OF the
Smith family. The author has drawn from
| contemporary history to show what the man
ners and customs Of the age were in order
to show what John Smith really was. She
shows from adequate testimony that the
! stories of Smiths exploits in the Land OF
Zarkam" and his hard imprisonment in Tar
taria' are not myths, but historic facts and
she includes maps Of southern Russia and
| Pennsylvania to show the localities. There
are fine portrait of Captain Smith and
two portraits of Pocahontas, one OF them from
the original, guaranteed by the engraving OF
it published In 1916. Smith was born in 1880
IN. s. In Lincolnshire, England, when the
leading powers of the world were England
and Spain. At IS, Smith fought as a private
in the Netherlands against Spain; then fought
the Turks in southeastern Europe, and going
beyond the Sea Of Azor suffered Imprisonment
for time, escaped and Travelled in north
Africa, after which he went with 4 lot OF
| colonists under Captain Newport to Virginia.
where settlement was made in Powhatan'
| country. Here the interesting part OF Smith
| life begins. He would have been happier had
| the colonists been at peace with one another,
| but they quarreled and were jealous and the
! story OF Smiths capture and the intercession
| of Pocahontas or Matoaca. as her real name
was and Smiths presidency OF the James
| town colony, ill-starred, are interestingly re-
| lated. OF Pocahortas or Mrs. Thomas Rolte,
! as she became by marriage, the author says:
| "She was not the mi-divine being whom
| some have represented her: but was undoubt-
| eddy woman as her portrait shows her, OF
| considerable moral ard mental power. There
| is no reason to doubt that it was her personal
| superiority to the rest Of her tribe that at
| tracted her towards the English, and that he'll
conversion to Christianity perfectly sin
cere and genuine Smith, as admiral OF
| New England, devised scheme for coonizne
New England, but it was not carried out. lie
| was the author Of ten books on the colonies
and narrating his adventures by sea and
land and he was getting materials for his
| tory of the sea when he died. He did much tt
further the John Winthrop Puritan exodus
I from England Smiths name is memcrializec
with those OF Drake and Raleigh, on the wal
| Of the National library at Washington, ano
! Smiths island, at the mouth OF the Cnesa'
! peake, still preserves his name. He was
! never properly recognized by those he served
, The author thinks he was too far in advance
of his time to win 1t.