New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19

SSaIish IN 1ne community was equal 20 thSr WIS
hands Was valuable. and when hOgSsbSo,rIP Par 4
affayIeI bc hi sn were required to % th 90
niTed them out to others When To- - ,53oae h.
employer Sometimes the son or ia, Pased -
tr l0 F sllOft tlI1e only but often 81
treated the parents guardians werII psopests
ta e S SS1st; "hieh seems 70 have been Quc 80 =
cruelty II the child abseated hin1seIs nsiset e.
Without perrnissis from from In only % yr pssn
breach OF the engagement. 0O1sItuaI
| Children would appear to have had =,
status hardly superior TO that Of a sEa,.
instance cited by Miss Singleton shows II. us
bequeathins his five children to a friend - ,-'.''
understanding that the recipient of the eff, -
| put out to whom he thinks fit those os -
children ne does not care 70 keep, provida5
does not assign any Of them to the s,4s.
kindred or to the kindred of his WIFI,
school days of the youngsters must ba-. --@
a time OF torment The master had autb,-,...'
administer the severest discipline. ana
the author, we read of leather cushiorg -.
| tacks pointed upwards on which unrul, 60
/ were placed; and Of girls being beaten kct,
and bruised" Yet. when all is said the nao.,
| OF Dutch New York a jolly lot baa.--
I handed and none too lofty in their ideals -
/ very friendly, human creatures to use Carjv,.,
phrase. Miss Singleton seeks 70 counteracr -
rather unfortunate impression Of them De-,s~.
ated by Irving and others. and % sh9r- rha- -
average seventeenth century KnieEerbac;s.r -,
not IAN UucivjIized bOOr." If she does nor ~
rehabilitate the type, she at any rate make. /.
a little more sympathetic.
I Mr.. Jauvier's little book. scruUuIotlsIv cart,
in its assembling of facts. is made the ~
interesting through the authors eager respo,s,
to the romantic appeal which lies in the hfs,o-.
Of Henry Hudson. He quotes that famous sn,--
in the great seaman's log. the one about ~
mermaid by Thomas HiIles and Robs.
Rayner- a beauteOus creature she was ~.
skin very white. and long hare hanging dev-,
behinde OF colour blacke." and CONTINUES N,
thrilling narrative. in her going doxne thu
saw her tayls of a pOTpOsse. and Speckled FEs
a macreIL" Lucky HiIles, LUCKY Rayners AMI
surely no reader of imagination would accent 81
a moment the comment OF the wooden Ashp-
| Probably seal" Mr.. Janyier waves the sSsu
tic away For my Own part he says. 4 musa
prefer TO believe in the meru.2s5-a-s - -.
believing, to create in my e9va heart sOmew5at
Of the feeling which was in the hearts Of those
| old seafarers in a time when prosiises aui
sea-mysteries were To b. counted with as anoDs
the perils Of every ocean voyage Il is IN tbs
apt vein that he cOnciseIy relates the leading
events in HudSOn's career. indicating his -ess-
tons with his employers. dernOastrating Ire
validity os mis- claim IS diSCOverer - the HUI
son as against that Of VerTazzano and descri6in ,
his tragic end in the Far North alike with r.
| freshins brevity and clearuess and with a Hvelr
almost dramatic. touch. The new documents
| he introduces are OF no great moment They
lend little more color 10 the hypothesis that
Hudson might have been wiser in his dealings
with the mutinccrs at whose hands he suffered.
| but the full story Of that dark business stiil
/ remains 70 be told L. any case il is not as a
Weighty contribution Hudson literature thai
this book is presented Il is a modest 20. uIa.
sketch rs such it is 10 be commended.
| The author Of Robert Fulton and the Cla~-
mont" is. like Mr.. Janvier. an uHpretea-ioGs
, chronicIer. and like him. she serves a useful
purpose. This book about her famous aaces-oI
is exactly the book that is wanted Just now suf-
fcient in its biographical data. enriched BY
divers new items in text and picture, and writ
ten with that Warmth of emotion which BELTS
the exceptional occasion Mrs SutCliffe is par
ticuIarIy happy in her treatment OF the charm
residing in Fulton's personality. The scientist
receives due honor in her book. but she is az
pains to show US the man. 20 make US realize
his high courage. his sayety, his sentleness.
and in n word. his thoroughly I0vable char
acter No wonder Barlow and Livingston were
ready 10 aid him, No one could have resisted a
face of disbursement There is a beautifully