The Washington times., 1936-09-16
NOW
Early History
j In Pictures
GOOD TEXT
BY HELEN ESSARY


90 copies Of the historical can
vases Of Stanley Arthurs.
Each picture is reproduced in
1tS own colorS and is interpreted
py a well known writer.
A. Felix du Pont has written a
1oreword. He praises the volume
asa notable contribution to his.
tory and art"
With an original water color,
q steam boat creeping up. up on
q proud clipper ship, Mr.. Arthurs
personally brings the volume to
life on the title page.
George washington, gorgeous
In uniform, regards his Mt.
Vernon acres and so makes the
1rontiSpiece of 1.-THE American
Historical Scene"
After this suitable beginning,
the volume turns back the years
TO the discovery of Alaska by the
early Cossack voyagers.
I've seen Bering Sea on the map.
But it was news to me that q
rough and ready adventurer, Cap.
tain VituS Boring, had once set out
from Kamchatka to extend the
empire Of Peter II eastward until
I saw Captain Boring himself in
white fur cap and black fur
Jacket sighting Alaska from the
Prov Of his ship, the st. Paul.
The settling of Delaware by the
Dutch and the Swedes interests
Mr.. ArthurS. He is a Delawarian,
and student of the famous his.
torical nluralist, Howard Pyle. For
mer y. S. Senator Thomas F. Bay.
ard writes the story of 1.-THE Land.
ing Of the Swedes."
The First Thanksgiving Procla.
nation, . peter Stuyvesant at Fort
Amsterdam LA Sale at an In.
dian Lead Nine" and Benjamin
Franklin, Printer" are a few of
the reproductions of Colonial
America.
Even in It's extravaganza young
days, America made life uncertain
for its farmers. One of the artists
sketches, "Ploughing Under
Guard" shows farm boss stand.
ing watch with cooked rifle across
his arm, while reluctant workers
cut down a forest and till fields.
When I first saw this picture ]
had q shock. Ploughing under
wheat and little pigs was bad
enough RfIt thiSl
Will Hays, the present motion
picture car, reviews Colonial
PoStman." Remembering his for.
mer position as Postmaster Gen:
eral, he says:
Here the artists oils have
depicted far more than q cold
and muffled figure on horse.
Here the pOStman has arrived!
Ever has his history been story
Of loyalty, devotion to duty and
romance"
might Waterman" Settlers
Defense of His Home" EARLY
American Travel" and Long
Christmas Sermon" are simple,
vivid incidents in the colonization
Of a continent.
Kenneth Roberts, who was
newSpaperman before he took sue
cessfully to historical fiction, de-
scribeS Stanley ArthurS' picturi.
cation of Capt. Daniel Morgan'S
march through Maine. Morgan's
Virginia regiment was part Of Ben
edict Arnold's heroic thousand
who tramped through the New
England wilderness after the Brit
iSh Red Coats.
Another novelist, William Nc.
Fee, finds 1.-THE Clermont" and
Strange Craft on the Hudson" ex-
citing portrayals of the first
steamboats,.
Dashing up a gangplank with
"Bon Voyage" corsage on your
chest was not your great-grand-
mothers way of beginning a jour
ney by water. No indeed, my child.
Not if your great-grandmother
lived in a small town near a river.
Then she persuaded your great
grandpa to lift a little cowskin
trunk into a yawl (Smal row.
boat). She climbed cautiously
into the yawl and with your
great-grandpa was roWed by the
family hired man to the middle
of the. stream.
There she sat patiently, wait
ing for the coming of the tri-
weekly boat. AS the vessel fin
ally hove into sight, your great
grandpa Signalled violently with
8 pulpy cotton umbrella.
The boat slowed down with
loud SplaShingS and rumblings.
Your greatrgrandma stood up I'M
certainly. While your great
grandpa hoisted her heavily on
his shoulder, friendly hands
reached down from the steam
boat deck and pulled and jerked
your poor great-grandma some
how, anyhow, on board.
Mr.. Arthurs' perturbation Of
such a scene is amusing.
I should like to tell you about
Jefferson at Monticello" and
Mary JohnSton's lively diary.
About James Truslow Adams
story of "FaSt Mail and Slow
Freight" with Mr.. Arthurs' COW
cred wagon and stage coach on
the books opposite page.
OF Changing Horses" "Quiet
Custom House" A Toll CSatherer'S