The Story of Bacon's Rebellion by Mary Newton StandardThe William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Oct., 1907), p. 144Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915726 .

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144 WILLIAM ANND MA;ARY QUARTERLY.

these of George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts: "No State, no civilization, no people anywhere has produced so many illustrious men as Virginia in the three hundred years of her existence." No wonder, then, that English civilization in America began on Virginia's soil.

THE STORY OF BACON'S REBELLION. By Mary Newton Standard. New York and Washington: The Neal Publishing Company, 1907.

This is a straightforward, authentic account of this famous dis- turbance, which stands unique in the history of Virginia, if not of the United States. Mrs. Stanard has done her work well. Probably she might have been a little more definite as to the scenes of the two famous battles with the Indians in 1676. There can be no doubt that the Occanechee Island lying in the Roanoke River, in front of Clarks- ville. Mecklenburg County, Virginia, was the scene of the first contest. The scene of the second was in the Dragon Swamp, somewhere in King and Queen or Essex County, near the Mattapony River, not the Palnunkey, as Mrs. Stanard has it. When the old writers refer to the "freshes of the York," they did not necessarily mean the Pamnunkey River, for The Mattapony, the northerly branch, came under this des- cription as well. The book is well printed and reflects great credit upon its author.

FROM GOTHAM TO JERUSALEM, being a chronicle of three observant pil- grims in Palestine and elsewhere. By J. Staunton Moore, Rich- mond, Virginia. Williams' Printing Company.

This is the work of a man of excellent practical sense, who has spent most of his life in business, and now, in his maturer years, has closed his ledger to enjoy a well-earned rest from labor. Yet, his rest is, after all, only a change of energy, for with his thinking, reading, trav- elling and writing, he is still a busy man. This work is only one of four which he has given to the public in the short period of about six vears. His "Trans-Atlantic Itinerary," published in 1901, his

"Reminiscences,, &c." published in 1903, and his "History of Henrico Parish and Old St. John's Church, " published in 1905, are, all of dis- tinctly literary value, and afford much that will count as real history. In the present work, Mr. Moore presents his readers with a very pleasant account of his experiences abroad in the year 1906. His visit carried him to many places-Italy, Greece, Egypt, the Holy Land, etc. His book shows that he appreciated what he saw, and derived amusement and instruction from many sources. As he has no favors to ak of anybody, he describes things as they seemed to him, even if other and more famous writers have taken a different view. Thus the imprint of the book is honesty, and the author's sense of humor and knowledge of history render the story bright and attractive. Loyal,

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