“There is much to admire in the character-drawing, but occasional false notes indicate that the author had not fully mastered his material.”
| + − | Outlook. 86: 117. My. 18, ’07. 180w. | |
| R. of Rs. 35: 761. Je. ’07. 300w. |
“Mr. King has not bestowed on the persons in his story, those continuous small industrious touches which amount in the mass to real significance. But he has written a direct story, all of one piece, which is interesting throughout, and frequently dramatic.”
| + − | Spec. 99: 168. Ag. ’07. 1070w. |
Kingsbury, Susan Myra, ed. Records of the Virginia company of London, 1619–1624. 2v. $4. Supt. of doc.
6–38015.
A work whose value is suggested in the fact that it makes accessible to students for the first time history that has been shut up in carefully guarded manuscript for two centuries. The volumes contain a careful transcript of the court records of the Virginia company, with introduction, notes, bibliography, and index.
“Many efforts have been made through a period of nearly fifty years, to secure the publications of these priceless records of our first colonizing company. But all those who have taken part in former efforts to publish ought to rejoice that they have failed, since the delay has resulted in bringing out, in the fulness of time, a much better edition than would have been produced earlier.”
| + + − | Am. Hist. R. 12: 424. Ja. ’07. 500w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |