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F—8 | PUBLIC LIBRARY I BEFORE AND AFTER COLUMBUS. OLUMBUS landed in America 544 years ago, but his claim to be the first discoverer has long since been shattered. The Public Library presents a list of books on pre-Columbian America, the various discoverers and their claims and the conquest of America by Spain. All of the volumes and many more on the subject may be! borrowed from the Central Library | at Eighth and K streets. Popular lives | of Columbus and archeological ex-| plorations of early America may be | borrowed also from the larger | branches. Pre-Columbian America. ANCIENT AMERICANS; the archeo- logical story of two continents. by E. C. Davis. 1931. FF80.D29. *“A popular presentation of the facts eoncerning ancient American civil- izations which have been uncovered | by archeologisis.” COLUMBUS CAME LATE, by Greg- ory Mason. 1931. F801.M38. *“He points out that long before America could have been influenced by the cultures of Europe or Asia its | own civilizations had reached high flights of grandeur.” R. E. Byrd. ATLANTIS IN AMERICA. by Lewis Spence. 1925. PWA.Sp3a. “The object of this book is to prove that the cultures of ancient Mexlrol ¢ and Central America were offshoots | from the civilization of Atlantis.” | OLD CIVILIZATIONS OF THE NEW | £ WORLD, by A. H. Verrill. 1929, F801.V6lo. “A popular account of ancient civ- | {lizations in North and South Amer- | ica, covering the arts and sciences, | the customs, laws and way of living of many vanished peoples.” Discovery. TERRA NOVA: the northeast coast of America before 1602; annals of | Vinland, Markland, Estotiland, | Drogeo, Baccalaos and Norum- bega, by C. K. Bolton. 1935.} G801.B63. | “There is a chapter on the Siberian background, several chapters on the | Norse voyages to the American coast | and one on the alleged Norse visit to Minnesota in the Middle Ages, a dis- cussion of the Zeno map, accounts of early Newfoundland and of David Ingrams’ supposed walk from Texas to New Brunswick in 1569.” DISCOVBRY OF AMERICA, with some account of ancient America | and Spanish conquest, by John | Fiske. 2 v. 1892. G801.F54. The great American historian of the latter half of the nineteenth century writes on ancient America, pre-Co- | lumbian voyages, the search for the | Indies, voyages to Mundus Novus and the conquests of the Americas. LEIF ERIKSSON, DISCOVERER OF AMERICA, A. D. 1003, by E. F. | Gray. 1930. G802.G80. “If Mr. Gray's conclusions are rec- ognized, as they should be, children | will be taught in school hereafter | that it was Leif Eriksson and not Columbus who discovered America.” NARRATIVES OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, ed. by A. W. Law-~ rence and Jean Young. 1931. G801.144. “Presents in a form available to the general reader the more im- | portant documents descriptive of the | first steps in the discovery of Amer- ica, from the time of the first acci- | dental discovery of Bjarin Herjolfsson in 986 to the discovery of South America by Columbus in 1492.” | JOHN AND SEBASTIAN CABOT, by F. A. Ober. 1908. E.C1120. There is opportunity for some biog- rapher to explore and extend in the light of modern research the meager material available on the Cabots. In the meantime Ober's popular account tells the story. HENRY HUDSON, by Llewelyn Powys. 1928. G804.P87h. “As background to his biography Mr. Powys sketches the earlier ex- plorations. The account of Hudson's voyages, to the tragic end in Hudson's Bay is stirringly told.” | THE VINLAND VOYAGES, by Mat- | thias Thordarson. 1930. G802.T39. | “This little volume brings to the Bubject sound scholarship and the definite purpose of throwing real | light rather than the rosy hues of romance upon the vague outlines.” Christopher Columbus. WRITINGS OF CHRISTOPHER CO- LUMBUS, descriptive of the dis- covery and occupation of the New | World, ed. by P. L. Ford. 1892 G803.C726. “I must be re-established in repu- tation and spoken of throughout the | universe; for the things I have done | are such that they must gain, day by | day, in the estimation of mankind.”— Columbus. THE DISCOVERER; a new narrative of the life and hazardous adven- tures of the Genoese, Christopher Columbus, by Andre de Hevesy. 1928. E.C72hv.E. “A sober, unbiased non-fictional ac- eount” of the explorer. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, the tragedy of a discovery, by H. H. Houben. 1936. E.C72ho. “Mr. Houben's account of the as- eertainable facts of Columbus’ life and career is scholarly, accurate, trustworthy and his interpretation of the man himself keen and discrim- inating.” F. F. K. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND THE NEW WORLD OF HIS DIS- COVERY; a narrative by Filson Young. 2 v. 1906. E.C72y. An English scholar interprets Co- lumbus in a romantic biography. Spain in America. ODYSSEY OF CABEZA DE VACA, by Morris Bishop. 1933. E.N923b. ‘The story of the first white man who crossed the North American con- tinent from coast to coast brilliantly told. SPAIN IN AMERICA, 1450-1580, by E. G. Bourne. 1904. F83.Am36.v.3. A reliable account of the Spanish in the New World. THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES, by F. A. Kirkpatri-k. 1934. F96.K63. “An attempt to tell in one volume the story of the Spanish conquests in the New World viewed as one great movement. The narrative begins with the first voyage of Columbus and con- finues to the middle of the sixteenth century.” DE SOTO AND THE CONQUISTA- DORES, by Theodore ‘Maynard. 1930. E.So77m. “Mr. Maynard is a competent his- torian who realizes that atmosphere Is as important as events, and that motives overshadow men.” — Paul Allen. Hippocratic Oath. ‘The Hippocratic oath has been re- spected equally throughout the ages by ‘Arab, Jew and Christian, and still remains the watchword of the medical protession, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 11, 1936—PART FOUR. BANQUET CLOTHS 15.95 Beautiful cutwork, exquisite solid embroidering and elab=- orately scalloped edges com- bined in a work of art at this special price! Matching Napkins, 7.95 doz. Handmade ITALIAN CLOTHS 3.99 66x84 inches. Lovely, hand- fmbroldt’zlrted rItalls:(n cloths hi u‘::?xs?x:;l‘ nty t?hlsw%x;ige‘.ans P Lined Trapurfl'o Fifth Floor—The Hecht Co. Heavy celanese taffeta Celanese DOWN Comforts 9.99 Originally 12.95! 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