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 Minor' Notices 693 the narratives of the voyages of Cartier, Here, Hawkins, Drake, Gilbert, Barlowe, Lane, White, Brereton, Pring, Waymouth, and an anonymous narrative entitled " A Relation of a voyage to Sagadahoc, 1607-1608." While the majority of these narratives have been known to students in old Hakluyt and the reproductions in various society publications, the general reader, although well acquainted with the deeds of the above- named adventurers, has only read, as a rule, extracts or abridgments. The ponderous volumes compiled by Hakluyt, Purchas, and others in olden times, combined with old spelling and quaint letters, have been obstacles which have frequently discouraged the general reader. This publication edited by Dr. Burrage is one which meets a long-felt want. The reader has sufficient information about the narrators, both historical and bibliographical, to whet his appetite and increase his interest. The index is copious and the general get-up of the volume is pleasing. The events recorded are indispensable to one wishing to form a cor- rect idea of the early expansion of the New World. Ralph Lane's account of the first expedition sent out by Walter Ralegh to Virginia, in 1585-1586, is just now of timely interest. This expedition landed the first colony in Virginia, under the charge of Lane. One hundred and seven remained with Lane, from August 17, 1585, to June 18, 1586. As the first description of the people and the country it is not only of great importance but also of much historical consequence. The only map published in this work is the one entitled " Map of Virginia, i. e., the Region of the Ralegh Colonies, made by John White in 1585 or 1586." This map was not originally published in the early edition of Hakluyt, but is reproduced from a manuscript map in the British Museum for the new twelve-volume edition recently published. The map was first known to this country in an article by Dr. Edward Eggleston, in the Century for November, 1882, pages 61-83, entitled " The Beginning of a Nation ", accompanied by the " Map of southern part of Atlantic coast of North America." The map, however, which should have accompanied this work is the one spoken of rather indefinitely in note 2 to page 248, as the De Bry map. As this so-called De Bry map, also by John White or With, who accompanied the first Ralegh expedition, is considered the first map and bears the name of Virginia, there is every reason to suppose that it should have been published instead of the other. The only known copy of this map is found in the work published by De Bry entitled The True Pictures and Fashions of the People in that Part of America now called Virginia, published in four versions in 1590. This map will be of especial interest in the coming Jamestown exhibit as the first map of Virginia. P. Lee Phillips. The Connecticut River and the Valley of the Connecticut. By Edwin M. Bacon. (New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906, pp. xx, 487.) This is an account, intended for the general reader, of the history, navi-