Less valuable is
his "First Republic in America" (1898), in which the 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.
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