“The work will be complete in twenty volumes. It is a continuation and enlargement of Hakluyt’s ‘Voyages.’ It is made up of unpublished manuscripts of voyages, left by Hakluyt after his death, which came into the hands of Samuel Purchas. The latter added to them his own accounts of the many travels and voyages of Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese explorers and English travelers, besides including numerous translations from early books of travel which were then becoming scarce.... The text of the present edition is a reprint of that of 1625, with the exception that errors in spelling and punctuation have been corrected and contracted forms of letters extended. Among the contents are the accounts of the early expeditions fitted out by the East India company, of the adventures of Capt. John Smith in Turkey and Virginia, the Arctic discoveries of Barents, Baffin, and Henry Hudson, and translations from Acosta, Oviedo, Las Casas, and others. All the maps and illustrations of the original edition have been included in this reprint, and there is also a facsimile of the original engraved title page.”—N. Y. Times.
“Their real claim to consideration lies in their style, their pungency, their wit, their unexpected turns of expression, their irresistible quaintness. There is an equal quality about the book regarded as a whole.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 234. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1480w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) | |
| + + | Acad. 68: 575. My. 27, ‘05. 240w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.) |
[*] “The volumes with increasing force and power speak for themselves.”
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| Nation. 81: 55. Jl. 20, ‘05. 410w. | ||
| Nation. 81: 142. Ag. 17, ‘05. 130w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.) | ||
| N. Y. Times. 10: 171. Mr. 18, ‘05. 380w. |
“Too much respect cannot be given to the work of Samuel Purchas. With Hakluyt, it shows the advances made by civilization. It is one of the foundations on which modern geographical study rests.”
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 196. Ap. 1, ‘05. 150w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 466. Jl. 15, ‘05. 380w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.) | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 561. Ag. 26, ‘05. 440w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.) |
“It is because Purchas helps Hakluyt in making us understand all this that he is worth reprinting and rereading.”
| + + | Sat. R. 100: 19. Jl. 1, ‘05. 2380w. (Review of v. 1-4.) | |
| + + | Sat. R. 100: 284. Ag. 26, ‘05. 500w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.) | |
| + + | Spec. 94: 440. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1620w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) | |
| + + | Spec. 95: 199. Ag. 5, ‘05. 70w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.) |
Purves, Rev. David. Life everlasting: studies in the subject of the future. [*]$1.50. imp. Scribner.