Stedman and Hutchinson's _A Library of American Literature_, 1608-1890, 11 vols. (Benjamin.) Carpenter's _American Prose Selections_. (Macmillan.) Trent's _Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse_. (Macmillan.) At least one of the selections indicated for each author should be read. JOHN SMITH.--The Beginnings of Jamestown (from _A True Relation of Virginia_, 1608); The Religious Observances of the Indians (from _A Map of Virginia_, published in 1612), Cairns, pp. 2-4, 10-14; The Romance of Pocahontas (from _The General History of Virginia_, 1624), S. & H., Vol. I., pp. 10-17; T. & W., Vol. I., pp. 12-22. WILLIAM STRACHEY.--Read the selection from _A True Repertory of the Wrack and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates_, in Cairns, 19-26. POETRY IN THE VIRGINIA COLONY.--For George Sandys, see pp. 51-58 in Vol. I. of Tyler's _A History of American Literature during the Colonial Time_. For the elegy on the death of Nathaniel Bacon, see Tyler, Vol. I., 78, 79; Cairns, 185-188; T. & W., II., 166-169; S. & H., I., 456-458; Trent, 12-14. DESCRIPTIONS OF VIRGINIA.--The best selection from Beverly's _History and Present State of Virginia_ may be found in T. & W., II., 354-360. See also Trent, 16-18; S. & H., II., 270-272. For selections from Byrd's _History of the Dividing Line_, see Cairns, _passim_, 259-272; Trent, 19-22; T. & W., III., 23-32; S. & H., II., 302-305. WILLIAM BRADFORD.--The Voyage of the Mayflower, Cairns, 31-35; Early Difficulties of the Pilgrim Fathers, T. & W., I., 42-45; The Communal System Abandoned, T. & W., I., 46-49; The Landing of the Pilgrims and their Settlement at Plymouth, S. & H., L, 124-130. JOHN WINTHROP.--Twenty-five entries from his _Journal_ or _History of New England_ are given in Cairns, 44-48, and fourteen in T. & W., I., 99-105. His famous speech on _Liberty_ may be found in T. & W., I., 106-116; in S. & H., I., 302-303; and in Cairns, 50-53. EARLY NEW ENGLAND VERSE.--The selection in the text (p. 38) from the _Bay Psalm Book_ is sufficient. For Wigglesworth's _Day of Doom_, see Cairns, 166-177; T. & W., II., 54-60; S. & H., _passim_, II., 3-16. Anne Bradstreet's best poem, _Contemplations_, may be found in Cairns, 154-162; T. & W., I., 280-283; S. & H., I., 314, 315. WARD'S SIMPLE COBBLER OF AGAWAM.--His view of religious toleration is given in Cairns, 113-118, and T. & W., I., 253-259. For the satiric essay on women's fashions, see Cairns, 119-124; T. & W., I., 260-266; S. & H. I., 276-280. SAMUEL SEWALL.--Cairns, 240-243, gives from the _Diary_ the events of a month. Notes on the Witchcraft Persecution and his prayer of repentance for "the blame and shame of it" may be found in T. & W., II., 294-296. The record of his courtship of Madam Winthrop is given in Cairns, 245-249; T. & W., II., 304-319; and S. & H., II., 192-200. For his early anti-slavery tract, see T. & W., II., 320-326; S. & H., II., 189-192.