he author
attempts to weave his material into a historical narrative.

Philip A. Bruce's "Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth
Century", 2 vols. (1896), is a highly interesting and exhaustive survey.
The same author has written "Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth
Century" (1907) and "Institutional History of Virginia in the
Seventeenth Century", 2 vols. (1910).

John Fiske's "Virginia and Her Neighbors," 2 vols. (1897), and John E.
Cooke's Virginia (American Commonwealth Series, 1883) are written in
lighter vein than the foregoing histories and possess much literary
distinction.

On Captain John Smith there are writings innumerable. Some writers give
credence to Smith's own narratives, while others do not. John Fiske
accepts the narratives as history, and Edward Arber, who has edited
them (2 vols., 1884), holds that the "General History" (1624) is more
reliable than the "True Relation" (1608). On the other side, as doubters
of Smith's credibility, are ranged such weighty authorities as Charles
Deane, Henry Adams, and Alexander Brown.

Thomas J. Wertenbaker's "Virginia under the Stuarts" (1914) is a
painstaking effort to set forth the political history of the colony in
the light of recent historical investigation, but the book is devoid of
literary attractiveness.

MARYLAND

"The Archives of Maryland", 37 vols. (1883-) contain the official
documents of the province. John L. Bozman's "History of Maryland", 2
vols. (1837), contains much valuable material for the years 1634-1658.

J. T. Scharf's "History of Maryland", 3 vols. (1879), is a solid piece
of work; but the reader will turn by preference to the more readable
books by John Fiske, "Virginia and Her Neighbors", and William H.
Browne, "Maryland, The History of a Palatinate" ("American Commonwealth
Series," 1884). Browne has also written "George and Cecilius Calvert"
(1890).

THE CAROLINAS

"The Colonial Records of North Carolina", 10 vols. (1886-1890), are a
mine of information about both North and South Carolina.

Francis L. Hawks's "History of North Carolina", 2 vols. (1857-8),
remains the most substantial work on the colony to the year 1729.

Samuel A. Ashe's "History of North Carolina" (1908) carries the
political history down to 1783.

Edward McCrady's "History of South Carolina under the Proprietary
Government" (1897) and "South Carolina under the Royal Government"
(1899) have superseded the older histories by Ramsay and He