Hammond, the Anglo-American, studying the social problems of England- His solution of them in the word America- His book, "Leah and Rachel", and its original American flavor 60
II. - George Alsop- His life in Maryland- His droll book about Maryland- Comic descriptions of the effects of the voyage- vivid accounts of the country, of its productions.........................................65
III.- Sketch of Bacon's rebellion in 1676- The heroic and capable qualities of Bacon- The anonymous manuscripts relating to the rebellion- Literary indications furnished by these writings- Descriptions of a beleaguered Indian fort- Of Bacon's conflicts with Berkeley- Of Bacon's military strategem- Bacon's death- Noble poem upon his death..................... 69
IV.- Review of the literary record of virginia during this period- Its comparative barrenness- Explanation found in the personal traits of the founders of Virginia- And in their peculiar social organization- Resulting in inferior public prosperity- Especially in lack of schools and of intellectual stimulus- Sir William Berkeley's baneful influence- Printing prohibited in virginia by the English governemnt- religious freedom prohibited in Virgnia by English government- Religious freedom prohibited by the people of Virginia- Literary development impossible under such conditions.......................80
CHAPTER V
NEW ENGLAND TRAITS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
I.- Transition from Virginia to New England- The race-qualities of the first New-Englanders- the period of their coming- Their numbers, and the multitude of their posterity.................................93
II.- Two classes of Englishmen in the seventeenth century : those resting upon the world's attainments, those demanding a new departure- from the second class came the New-Englanders -- The purpose of their coming an ideal one...................................96
III.- Their intellectuality- The large number of their learned men- Their esteem for learning..............98
IV.- Their earnestness of character-- Religion the master-thought-- Their conceptions of providence and of prayer- Their religious intensity leading to moroseness, to spiritual pedantry, to a jusrisprudence based on theology, and to persecution....................................100
V.- The outward forms of New England life- Its prosperity- literature in early New England-- A literary class from the first--- Circumstances favorable to literary action -- The limits of their literary studies-- Restraints upon the liberty of printing-- other disadvantages-- the quality in them which gave assurance of literary development... 109