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HISTORY or THE UNITED STATES.
by William McKendree Avery. In
Burrows Brothers Company. cleve-
land Ohio. publishers. Pp. 446.
fnirable historical work on the United
states and It's people. from their ear
hest records to the present time, have
already received comment at the re-
viewers table of this paper The
third volume which has just made It's
appearance has been welcomed with
great interest and approximations. 1t
aioh 81 William VII Penas portrui from
a photograph of an ivory carving by
Bevan. Tho author explains for the
benefit OF the reader that "a certain
sylvanus Bevan. a Quaker apothecary
in London, skilful. In carving learned
that no good portrait Of Penn was to
be found, and made this little ivory
bust from personal recollection !. FOR
exclaimed: 1t Is Penn himself! Tho
original. Is In the possession of Alfred
Watcrhousc, ESQ. Yattendon Court
Berkshire, England" Penn's auto
graph appearing underneath his pic
lure, is taken from u letter written
to his children that appears on page
101 Of this volume and his arms, from
his bookplate, appearing In his Bible,
now in possession Of the Pennsylvania
Historical Society"
In period OF time, Volume III. Is.
devoted to tbs interval bridging tho
years of active work in colonization.
and those taken up In the struggle for
the conquest Of New France. beginning
with the year 1860 and concluding with
1745. The interval embraces the rule
Of Charles IL, James H. William ana
Mary, Queen Anne, George /. and
George IL. Of England.
Chapter Lin Volume IL, Is devoted
to the settlement of Carolina. from
the time of Charles Ills grant to the
Earl Of Clarendon and others. In 1868.
to the Introduction of negro slavery
mans, and the enactment, of the first
slave code. OF South Carolina. in 1891.
The chapter Is liberally illustrated
ith the seas 0t ahG h p[oprlf f tha
country, and with pictures OF the Earl
of Clarendon, John Locke. Sir George
! Carteret Anthony Ashley Cooper the
with autographs of the lords propric-
4 tors and others. and with reprints Of
i engravings, showing the destruction OF
/ Morgan, and the title-page. of the first
dutch edition OF Esquemeling, in 1878.
Tho second chapter turns on Bacon's
Appi Of 1883, wh 'h'a At James City
William and Mary We're proclaimed
I"Lord and Lady Of Virginia" and to to
the, appointment. In lS9l Of Governor
Governor OF Virginia. The autograph
and coat OF arms of Nathaniel Bacon
appear in this chapter: in which Is
by the King in 1880. concerning to-
bacco. the foundations Of jamestown
buildings. uncarthed in 1903. the ruins
of Sir William Berkeley's plantation,
snd pictures OF Lord Culpeper and Lord
Howard. OF Efffngham.
MARYLAND After the Restoration is
the caption OF the third c, snap,er; ~, IN
po ia en { Of Of Sir Lionel copley, n
March Of 1921, the final conversion, OF
most Interesting illustrative features
pf this chapter are an autograph q
Charles Calvert. Lord Baltimore. his
In color OF the flag OF Maryland.
From the storm and stress Of Mary:
passes in the fourth chapter to N
New Netherlands OF 1864 end afts.
wards to the New York. In which ia
cob Leisler admn i affairs f dur
seal Of tho province of New York. al
engraving of a Dutch tavern in Beav
err Street. New York: d quaint maj
drawing in color. showing the Duke,
plan Of New York in 1864 and pic
lures of Sir Edmund Andres and Leis
ler's autograph and seal. are some o
the things In illustration that rende
this chapter valuable.
Sir George Carteret and John Lor
Berkeley Of q tract now known (; a
NTH chapter, Other chapters, from tn
sixth to twenty-seventh, take up tn
settlement OF Pennsylvania, the &C
count of King Phillips War, the Do
minIon Of New England. the Frenc
William, Anne and George; the eco
nomic and political British colonia
policy; the end Of proprietary rule j
rule in Maryland, Virginia, New sYor
and New Jersey; the condition O, Mas
sachusetts under Bradstreet,s Phipp
Rhode Island and connccticut; Canad
and Louisiana and Florida from 16s
to 1745; Georgia and and =, The car q ne
from l72l to lIA6 ViTEnia and l MaFy
Colonies from 1719 to 1745 and Ne
England from l716 to the same date.
Letitia Cottage, supposedly SEQ lem nj
ture portrait of Governor John Lcvcl
Mr.. r. NJ. saltonstall.. Of Boston,;
eas55s from an the rst braK
erected in the Connecticut Valley; II
nag, of the New. England colonies;
1856; the coat Of arms Of the Hudse
auette and his burial. Of La Sale.
the arms and murder of La Sale,
Queen Anne, of Robert Malpole. u
Duke OF Newcastle; of Old Swede
Church. Wilmington, Del; color pi
y ture giving Peter Cooper's painting
Philadelphia In 171S; a picture fro
the portrait Of Governor Alexand
spotswood: pictures of Bellomon
Peter Schuyler. William Stoughto
Joseph Dudley Cotton Mather, Fit
John Winthrop Elihu Yale, Philip
de Rigaud Marquis de Vaudreuil, Jol
Law, James Oglethorpe. William BY,
OF Westover, Audrey Hamilton. Jol
Wentworth. Jonathan Belcher. VILLA
Shirley and Richard Ward, all men
Importance In the different colonie
the seals OF the colonies and mar
reprints Of rare maps and title-pag
OF valuable books. enrich every pa,
OF this part of the book.
AS in the two volumes OF this admi
able history, which have established
standard for excellence In sty,
beauty OF Typography and artist
makeup In binding and paper. til
volume Just Issued deepens and co
firms the impression already made
the public mind. that Mr. Avery