The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-26
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS
 OF THF SEASON

United States and Its People," by EI-
 roy McKendree Avery - Notes of
 Forthcoming Books.
 A history of the United States and Its People, from their earliest records to the present time, by Elroy McKen- dree Avery, in fifteen volumes, vol. II. Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers com pany.
 The second volume of MT. Avery's monumental history deals with colonial history of the period of the English res- toration in 1860. The settlements of | the Dutch in New Netherland and the beginnings of New France are also treated. This volume treats not only | of the colonial but also of the imperial side of American history of the period | in hand and these subjects are dealt in in most painstaking comprehensive | and Illuminating way. A vast amount of preparation for the task Is indicated | in the authors presentation of the case l and the reader receives thorough infor- | mation on the subject without the fault of prolixlty and complication so conl- mon in historical works. The authors work must have been labor of love and immense research, and not hur- ried patching together of facts and un- verified traditions. This is what renders the Avery history, so far as it has de- veloped, invaluable and the remainder of the volumes to follow will unqnes- tionably possess this merit to the full est degree. Another thing to be em- phasized is that the work appeals to all, not only the historical student, but to the vast army of general readers, the public in general It is direct, clear running story of events, a history which all will read and enjoy.
 The topographic beauty of the Avery volumes can be remarked upon with out qualification. As stated in the for mer notice, the books are printed from a special cast of type. and the widely margined pages, with their liberal dis play of maps and illustrations, are ex- ceeedingly pleasant to the eye.
 Appendices to vol. II. contain the passenger list of the Mayfower; a roll of colonial governors and bibliograph- ical list suggesting supplementary read \ ings. The frontispiece is a reproduc- tion of the John Winthrop portrait which hangs in the Massachusetts state house.
 It is to be noted, also, that instead of twelve volumes there will be fifteen. The book dealing with "The Period of Discovery" was noticed some months ago in these columns. Vol. IT., covering the period 1600-1660, was unavoidably delayed and is but now at hand There is reason to believe that the other books, with the scheme of enlargement fully arranged, will follow one anoth- CT at satisfactory intervals.
 Of this admirable work the New York World reviewer says: His style is such. for clearness and pure read a'bleness that one might be pardonahly willing to have sacrificed measure of illustration in order to give the doctor a freer pen for rowing over a most in- teresting American period"
 The New York Times says: "The brief chapter on the evolution of col onial system is one of the best in the volume. It shows how halting, adven- titious, and unsystematic was the coures of the mother country, how the royal province came to prevail over the earlier types of corporate or pro- prietary colony, and how ill.defined were the relations between England and America. The significance of the transition to the form of royal province is dwelt upon, and thus the foundation is laid for correct understanding of the American revolution. Imperial control the author says was one of the legitimate and essential functions of the empire. It was not the fact of this control, but the way in which it was developed at the hands of British statesmen in the eighteenth century that led to the rupture. MT Avery says justly, however that Americans of our generation that studiously ponder upon the errors of their fathers in the decade following 1865 will perhaps, not insist that all unwisdom is born | Ol ll-Wlll'
 "The volume is concerned with both the colonial and the imperial side of American history during this period. For a complete review of the subject, both the internal history of the colony and an account of the English colonial system has to be given. In describing the colonies, greatest stress is properly laid upon New England. His discussion of the Massachusetts theocracy is fair and judicous. He shows how real democracy began in Rhode Island, and points out the importance of the teach ings of Roger Williams. MT, Avery neither condemns nor exalts the intol- erance of the Puritan politico-religious state system"
 Messrs. L. c. Page & Co. will antici- pate the customary time for issuing their juvenile books and publish four in few days Miss Blanch McManus' "Our Little Scotch Cousin," and in the Cozy Corner series "Alpatok," an Es- , kimo dog story, by Marshall Saunders, the author of Beautiful Joe" Larry Hudson's Ambition" by James Otis, '' and "The Cruise of the Yacht Dido,' by Prof. Charles c. D. Roberts