* Kester, Vaughan. John o’ Jamestown. †$1.50. McClure.
7–36098.
History and love are mingled in this tale of an English vicar’s son. His love-making is interrupted when he embarks for America and becomes closely identified with the fortunes of Captain John Smith. “The story chronicles the career of the latter, his rescue at the hands of Pocahontas, his brave services on behalf of the Jamestown colony, in the face of jealous opposition and treachery, the injuries which forced him to return to England, and the ghastly winter of bloodshed and famine which followed.” (Bookm.)
“That is really the only serious defect of the book,—a weakness of structure. And since the great majority of the reading public care little for structure so long as a book is readable, there is no question that the vivid portraiture, the stirring incident, the manifest sincerity of purpose of ‘John o’ Jamestown’ will give abundant pleasure to a large number of readers.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + − | Bookm. 26: 409. D. ’07. 450w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 657. O. 19, ’07. 30w. |
“An exciting story.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 762. N. 30, ’07. 110w. |
“While there is nothing very unusual in the telling, the author, Vaughan Kester, uses the abundant material well.”
| + | Outlook. 87: 745. N. 30, ’07. 110w. |