A simple story of Pocahontas, her brief career and her relation to the English colonists.
* Macdonald, Alexander. [In search of El Dorado: a wanderer’s experiences.] $2. Jacobs.
“True romances, no fiction with the ‘Deus ex machina,’ at the psychological moment, but unadorned risks, escapes, and adventures ... and little epics of comradeship—impressions of men to whom gold and jewels are much, but to whom loyalty is the one thing better.” They are adventures of the Klondike, the Never-Never Land of Australia, and British New Guinea.
“The chief merit of the work lies in its graphic pictures of life in the mining camps, and of the quaint humours of their inmates, whom the author portrays in the most kindly spirit. As Mr. Macdonald in his preface lays claim to entire accuracy in geographical detail, we may mention one or two points on which his memory seems to be at fault.”
| + − | Ath. 1905, 2: 759. D. 2. 520w. |
“At times his adventures are a little too marvelous, the coincidences a bit too striking, and the luck or ill-luck slightly too much colored; but we can appreciate the stories for they are capitally told.” H. E. Coblentz.
| + − | Dial. 43: 374. D. 1, ’07. 170w. |
“Their adventures are worth the telling, and Mr. Macdonald has told them well. These are right good stories.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 699. N. 2, ’07. 140w. |