The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-17
State Library Notes

ence to the "terccntenary spirit" which
had It's birth In the promotion OF the
jamestown Exposition. That nxposi-
tion aroused the patriotic aud historic
sense of V.rgnians to such an extent
that silence was impossible. Everybody
began Investigating tho past" Lo-
calities began to assume dignity and
Importance in tho light shining from
far of days, heretofore undreamed OF.
or course. the literary consequences of
such enth,,siasnl could not in every
Instance prove of substantial and per.
manent value; much ink. paper and
energy has been wasted, p1 W. un 1,s,,
OF local history has also come from
this spirit.
DR.. Philip a. pruce's Social Life n
W[gIp IT. y IN tee T saeen Wiiams n,
would no doubt have been written had
there been no tercentenary celebration,
but they came glints appr @sn; q.
heretofore sadly neglected aspects OF
Colonial history; first. the SOCIAL life:
the origin of the. people and their Gus Gus
toms; secondly, tns urban ZIG oi pre-
Miss Mary j.. FOSTERS book. Colonial
CAPITALS e The 9l1 paa Dom nnd Min h az
waYs. no doubt, hold the popular eye
while Dean Hodges's little book. THE
Three Hundredth Anniversary of the
Church in America" faithfully epito-
mics the history o, ,ne and since tn.
epseopal chareh IN the United states
Among the large number OF books
sna Split few others
! will ever prove. quite SO valuable as
! Mr.. Samuel H. Yonge's revised edition
/ OF The Site OF Old jamestown. 1907
1885, Pr G T. ,t surfaces sson SeS,grap pag
Of virginia. 1907, and Professor Thomas
| Leonard watsori's Mineral Resources
Of Virginia." issued by. the Virginia
jamestown Exposition, G tpn nsIwnrs,,v
Word Book' all students are familiar.
| has contributed very interesting
monograph on the much N .moote do cues fss
Mrs. Mary Newton stanard's STORY
| of Bacon's Rebellion" Is both true
and graphic account of one Of the most
Miss Ruth II. Early, Of Lynchburg.
in her contribution to the historical
literature of 1907, "By.Ways OF Viz
| popular account Of many important
| events in Virginia History, both as a
colony and as State.
The ubiquitious John Smiths Gen
come forth in most sumptuous apparel
| from the press Of the Macmillan Com
| pany From Typographical viewpoint
1t is the best edition Of Smiths his
esting feature is the fac-simile repro
auctions Of the title pages OF the 1926
edition of the General Historic" the
True Travels" the 'Seaman's Gram
that appeared In the original edition
| of the work.
Pocahontas has also been the sub
ject OF several pa pan n. Two long ong
castleman, the other by Mrs. Virginia
Armistead CARRIER. were published dur.
ing. 1907. Mr.. w. L: Shepherd. Of
the Original Authorities" which title
brochure Mrs. Ella Lorraine Dorsey,
of Maryland published several months
| esting pamphlet, entitled "Pocahontas-
in the last few pages OF which she
goes pretty thoroughly. into the. SUBJ
ject. OF the history Of the several por-
used to illustrate the work.
Many county boards of supervisors.
in addition to the exhibits made by
We're authorized to appropriate county
| funds by act of Asse mbly). also issued
"hand books" OF their counties, giving
brief historical sketches Of them in
collection of jamestown Exposition,
literature there and pamphlets of this
| nature from the counties of Sussex,
King and Queen. Mecklenburg, Mont
Il l. ,.1n A Ys,1s
fax, Bedford, Dinwiddie, Nansemond
| Charlotte, Chesterfield. Brunswick.
Caroline, Fairfax, Isle of Wight. Alex
| andria and from the cities of Peters
| burg, Manchester, Richmond and Nor
folk OF course. into many OF these
pamphlets have crept traditions and
errors. which largely Impair their his
| torical value, but at least they exhibit
| a deep desire on the part of the authors
to stimulate an interest in local his
! tory.
The well-prepared county maps
| given in the Bedford, Alexandria. Fair
Nansemond county pamphlets form a
| valuable contribution to Virginia carto-
i graphy.
. There remain two pieces OF work
the Jamestown Exposition. which it is
but Justice to mention here, though
limited is the ZENITH of these notes
i The first of these is the list OF clergy
IIlSH VI kue SHuECu ol LIB iduu III lIle
Colony of Virginia. 1874. 1875, l776. pre-
! pared by the Rev. Joseph B. Dunn. OF
Nansemond. He conclusively shows
that the sympathies of the majority
Of these gentlemen Were strongly rev.
olutionary. 1t is a work which BY
no means does. nor is it natural thai
It should. show the time and labor tina
Its compiler has spent in preparing 1t
The second piece of work Is a serie.
Of wall maps (made by MI. Torbert. O
n Washington city. from material fur
nished him by Dr. Tyler, of William
and Mary College), showing the set
!, tlement of Virginia and subsequen
spread Of population to the westward
i 1607-177b.
It is not overstating their value t,
say that no future historian of Vir
ginia can afford not to study then
closely
These maps have been presented b,
the Virginia Commission to the James
town Exposition to the Virginia Stat,
Library, and have been hung on TIL,
walls in the Library building.
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