Abstract
THE stirring events described in this latest addition to the “Story of the Nations” series are sufficient to furnish material upon which a score of romances might be built, even though Marryat, Kingsley, Stevenson, and other writers innumerable have made the Indies the arena of all the incidents attractive to adventurous spirits. So full of incident is the history of the West Indian Islands, that Mr. Rodway has had a difficulty in compressing his story within reasonable limits, and he has only been able to do so by giving preference to facts referring to the islands as a whole, and omitting events of interest chiefly to the communities of particular islands and provinces. Little is said about the islands from the scientific point of view, but as a contribution to historical geography the book is undoubtedly valuable; for few persons are better acquainted with the history of the progress and development of the Indies than the author.
The West Indies and the Spanish Main.
By James Rodway. Pp. xxiv + 371. 48 illustrations. (London: Fisher Unwin, 1896.)
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The West Indies and the Spanish Main. Nature 53, 508 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053508d0
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