The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-24

$1r1sroRIc D i TN tigRIcA 1907
1900. Published by George ; w, jacobs obs
81 Co. Of liladelp ha, an MIRO ts
d,lctory chapter OH DR. ess n the IRE = en-
settlements of Florida and! sLon iia
BY nliznbeth MOI llustra . tons
a5s;S8 m Color and half-tone by Sophie B..
SSs 81 eel Sand ( reproductions from photo
S$$s graphs and 7rare portraits 9 e original
garments. j5f AZ h 5S VI rs.
3s5 Among the many gorgeous Christmas l11ii
publications. the historic and artistic
sprominences Of the work ID tote above Is
R,cad lily disccrrlble to u the eye hat is
Iquicls to take In what Is real y fine nntl
Valuable, IN thesworld of literature.
is3 SShoT me 4 the songs Of ~ II cop lie, and
n will tell $you#itsg history IS an axiom
that has become thorl tative No less
true IS 1T fthat@historSs is told HI costume
ana that the dress OF ifferen Ssperlods
reflects the naltlon n tra1ts and tastes; tastes
OF tho ~ carers. v N B, n
"HIs toric Drtcss il Aimrntcrloas begins
with the English colonies II In Virginia,
Maryland, the Barbados and the Caro-
8linas during the reigns of james 5lI y,
Charles L and James 81 I I,{8 and i1l
William f. and Mary. ,rheN period
covers the # years 81 bctN'ee 1907 land
100. s$ The pages deyo ted tel sl'; re
Illustrated # by copies from the 81 pso pc r
traits Of Captain Ohm Smith Sir Edwin win
5sandys, G George sandys, Sit v Isaac Pen;
knington, Sir George Percy and others y
has also severa pages of tlg tires IN h NJ !,
tone, representing III one the IL ress OF
a Y Z colonial fl Governor and lady in the
time Of Charles n, and Sot III gen lenlan
planter and a his wife; In another the
fashionable. Indoor and out OF doorSs sum
8Iner4 tire or an Eng ii gent leWonl min
the reign or Charles 4 !. "A co lored y lus-
@tration 3 reproduCes fashions for q ~
and and gentleman Quality I'M the VILLAIN
and Mary period 1Gs5- u 00-nnd contrasts
with this fineryt the e sober 4hues IA and
palmer cute a. trad eswoma n and work
man Of that time. III An /:
Quoting from the text Of the book which
Is most Interestingly given, the following
para graph, ia derived 3z53l from q. Mr.. Philip
SBrue's /. Economic History of NVirg!
seems very appropriate. ! t says : XIII
18th wardrobe OF ia rich planters wife
IN Virginia, Mrs. Sarah w ill6ughby con-
sisted Of a red,s blue and blnck silk pet
sticoat, N al petticoat OF Ind ~ ard
worst cd, pruell linen e ~ e
calico petticoat black SILK gown NJ y
scarlet wtlistcoat with liver lace,
WlllC6 Kill
:jncket,8 worsted prunella mantle, q q
sky-colored satin bodice. a pair o. red cd
para gon bodies, three fine and three
coarse Holland aprons, seven handker
chiefs and two hoods. y 53 HI. !, INK, Il. $ II %
The second chapter in tho book turns
on the Engl iSh III Massachusetts, Con-
|.necticut, X New a Hampshire, Maine and
Rhode Island beginning with the year
1920 and ending with that of 1900 II
lustrat ons hero are doublcts Of cloth
and silk dating from thesregn Of Charles
snd James II, a bodice Of white satin.
slashed and pnked # q pa go of figure IN
costume exempllfyng male and female
Puritan colonst dress In the year 4 666
ana tho appare.ng OF an English gentle
Imam and gentewoman In the same year.
Portraits ,.of Samuel Sewall, Sir John
|Leycrctt and John YInthrop, governors
! Of the Massachusetts colony, and OF
James B Wlnslow. governor OF Plymouth
\ colony, further enllven these pages.
The third chapter turns to the Dutch
aud English in New York, Long Island,
the Jerseys, Delaware and Pennsylva-
MIA, This part Of the book Is rich3in the
| copies fromStllo portraits OF Peter Stuy-
yesart, Sir Eimunds Andres, Henry II ud-
son. Sir William Keith, Dutch. Swedish
and Quaker ladies. gentlemen md chill
A dren. There are pictures Of Elizabeth and
Philadelphia Wharton by Vandyke; Of
Jeromias Van Rensselaer, Of New York,
and v Killaen Van &Rennselaer, OF New
i Amsterdam. OF Count Hinzendorf,s OF sam
/ ucl Bradstreet, governor OF Massachu
sets, OF Lady Fcnwicls and OF Mrs lcliz