New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

l-eio WITH map tweHtV-ryy1 uSrrafjons
S'0. PIP XII st4 The Macmillan Company
Something Of the predatory instinct that is
latent within every one OF u.s. however wen It
may be kept under by heredity, early training
moral conviction or lack OF opportunity is sufi-
Gently alive In Mr.. Maseheld TO enable him TO
"rie With appreciation and considerable sym
paihy OF the lively doings OF the buccaneers who
fehoeneo The seafaring life an extra hazardous
'aeupailon for Spaniards in the neighborhood of
me west Indies In the sixteenth. seventeenth
'-G eighteenth centuries. Indeed. simply TO be
Ni'@f4laro, ahoat or ashore. fl those DAYS and
.. mar region appears 10 have been fraught
u.h no little risk; for attacks on seacoast VIII
ces and cities We're far from uncommon and
0- not q few occasions towns well in the interior
were The objectives Of well planned forays. TAX
srr he careers OF three OF the most nlustrious
'.t aotor1ous) Of these more or less amphbious
sea ~oyers-Drake. Morgan and Damper-as his
ie---rg themes. Mr.. Maseheld succeeds in CIV
i-s comprehensive idea OF the manners and
r-s-1Ins the ways and means. the inspirations
81 IDEALS and the lives and deaths OF the free
tr.,e-s Of the Spanish Main.
GcinG for his information 70 original nara
-.rrs and contemporary records, the author has
made his volume mine OF illuminative detail
and. by cleverly playing upon the emotional note
ti.at awakens an echoing response from the sur
wing rudiments Of our stone age natures, he
has contrtved to make hts book amazingly en-
raining well We find ourselves inter
ested. rather than shocked by the brutalides
|-actised by the buccaneers inclined rather 10
Ii;y than to satisfaction by the hardships they
underwent IN their lawless enterprises, and
va, kedly rejoicing with them il the successful
outcome Of their deplorable adventures and re-
E~ettIng the deserved financial failure OF some
q their murderous designs. After all we con-
sole ourselves in rejecting, when We stop to
realize ataVist;c mental and moral attitude
I'll AL happened 2 long time ago" Mr.. Massield
writes in all seriousness, but with substratuIn
Of quiet humor that helps far to detach US
from the intensely earnest, human (or inhuman)
side Of the story 10 enable Us TO regard the
freebOoters and the Spaniards players IN
great game Of greed. in which there is little.
indeed. 10 choose between one side and the other,
save as our so-called AnglO-Saxon blood
syonds with livelier thrill 20 the prowess OF
,he bold spirits who sought by open violence
Ia wrest from at equal foe what they in turn
t.aE -eaped 10y oppression from an inferior race
Il was not until 1G3S that the restless spirits
,f Hisuahola and Tortuga came TO regard
,reFuselves as an institution. elected a com
r..uder and were known as buccaneers. MI
NasefeId gives detailed account OF the process
q buucaning. or curing meat, invented py the
Garth Indians and followed by the English and
French adventurers who had made their head
fr,l..rf erS on the island Of Haytl mus DUO
,,reer'' in its original sense, meant merely one
who practised The boucan- Going on on e1-
tended hunts in parties OF four or Eve the buc-
-an4ers would return sometimes In 1eW
months sometimes not for one or two years
T-xpenses were small; the proceeds from their
hides tallow and dried meat were large and
v-e-e promptly spent in drunken debauchery.
Then these wild blades. among whom were d
1.-ge number OF sailors, We're F1pe lCf d
clance of air and scene and deeds OF piracy
,,,,o, ,f,e high seas The mode Of organizing an
e,,eai,ion was fer the promoter 10 SEND
,,.essenrer along the coast announcing MS III
-er,ions and appointing q day OF rencezNouS-
- nc -,,,=7cge-t men had come 70 muster the
a. 80 --r--r F-re,lrl proceedings by oheilhg =
4--'',- ~ veonev toward the elAlpI-tLl -
l - -l1--,,eSrC-1 The assembled buccaneers M NJ
,f - - what port he proposed q uLs-L-S- -
,,,.,i6 suggest OF Two, glNIht M told
t.- ,-1TgiUg n en Indian with news ot . 49, -,
-, TF.e Main OF treasure 4O-7 -
r-gt. he sacked OF a plate snip aDo-' 49, least
.e-T-~d Among these Suggestions, - 1-.yoer
vs. certain be plausible AIo,tieI AIo1 noe yAitb
,--l5 -Een oTey 10 lenc gooo c-4llOe, -
,t..s reek or TWO Of meat ior sea pi ~ -
G-+e-s would offer powder ana pau ,H.-co for
case b-aucy the voyage OF ao-- oger Tc- n
s-lt@ce - the men Those VINO co14G o1e ~. =,
eager O contribute ana 10 ue-li
.- --c,-15 rledge themselves 10 pay q s--1
49, eyrerses our OF the pronis OF the q
80 -,rleIoert had written down t4e lis' % -,
-.--s upon the company 70 49,
-rtfs U-zs seldom difficult matter -oi ST-e
....rier--ed safioy-a good fellow. brave as q 44Si
.rE for.urafe in love and war-Was sure ~ "a
.D.avr fhern Those who lent the ShlPs ii ~