Trent's Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse. (Macmillan.)
At least one of the selections indicated for each author should be read.
JOHN SMITH.—The Beginnings of Jamestown (from A True Relation of
Virginia, 1608); The Religious Observances of the Indians (from A Map of
Virginia, published in 1612), Cairns, pp. 2-4, 10-14; The Romance of
Pocahontas (from The General History of Virginia, 1624), S. & H., Vol.
I., pp. 10-17; T. & W., Vol. I., pp. 12-22.
WILLIAM STRACHEY.—Read the selection from A True Repertory of the Wrack and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, in Cairns, 19-26.
POETRY IN THE VIRGINIA COLONY.—For George Sandys, see pp. 51-58 in Vol. I. of Tyler's A History of American Literature during the Colonial Time.
For the elegy on the death of Nathaniel Bacon, see Tyler, Vol. I., 78, 79;
Cairns, 185-188; T. & W., II., 166-169; S. & H., I., 456-458; Trent, 12-14.
DESCRIPTIONS OF VIRGINIA.—The best selection from Beverly's History and
Present State of Virginia may be found in T. & W., II., 354-360. See also
Trent, 16-18; S. & H., II., 270-272.
For selections from Byrd's History of the Dividing Line, see Cairns, passim, 259-272; Trent, 19-22; T. & W., III., 23-32; S. & H., II., 302-305.
WILLIAM BRADFORD.—The Voyage of the Mayflower, Cairns, 31-35; Early
Difficulties of the Pilgrim Fathers, T. & W., I., 42-45; The Communal
System Abandoned, T. & W., I., 46-49; The Landing of the Pilgrims and their
Settlement at Plymouth, S. & H., L, 124-130.
JOHN WINTHROP.—Twenty-five entries from his Journal or History of New
England are given in Cairns, 44-48, and fourteen in T. & W., I., 99-105.