III. IN GERMAN. 



13. SCHUTZ-HOLXHAUSEN, DAMIAN UND SPRINGER, R. 



"Cuba und die iibrigen Inseln Westindiens. " 



14. Scherzer, Karl von. 



"Die Westindischen Inseln St. Thomas, Haiti, Porto Rico und Cuba". Vol. II. pp. 467-495. 



C. VIRGIN ISLANDS OF UNITED STATES.-GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



I. IN ENGLISH. 



1. De Booy, Theodore and Farris, John T. 



"The Virgin Islands of the United States". New York, 1918. 



2. Parton, James. 

 "The Danish Islands". 



3. Smith, James. 



"The Winter of 1840 in St. Croix with an Excursion to Tortola and St. Thomas". 



4. Zabriskie, L. 

 "The Virgin Islands of the United States". New York, 1917. Putnams. "The author spent some time in St. 



Thomas as American Vice Consul". 



II. IN DANISH. 



5. P.0GGILD, B0RGESEN, MORTENSEN, AND OTHERS. 



"De Danske Atlanterhavs0er", Part IV. "Dansk Vestindien: Naturforhold, Befolkning, Hjrelpekilder og Nserings- 

 veje". Copenhagen, 1908. 300 p. Maps. "A copiously illustrated, collaborative work, with brief resumes 

 of early history and excellent articles on the resources, climate, flora and fauna, agricultural and commercial 

 possibilities, social life, etc. Special attention has been given to the commercial and economic development. - 

 Lists of authorities are appended to many of the articles". 



6. B0RGESEN, F. AND ULDALL, F. P. 



"Vore Vestindiske 0er. Copenhagen, 1900. 55 p. 



7. West, Hans. 



"Bidrag til Beskrivelse over Sainte Croix, med en kort Udsigt over St. Thomas, St. Jean, Tortola, Spanishtown og 

 Crabeneiland". Copenhagen, 1793. 363 p.- An enlarged edition appeared in a German translation in 1794". W. W. 



III. IN FRENCH. 



8. Catteau-Calleville, J. R. G. 



"Tableau des Etats Danois, considered sous le rapport du mecanisme social". Paris, 1S02. 3 vol. 



D. VIRGIN ISLANDS OF UNITED STATES.-HISTORICAL. 



I. IN ENGLISH. 



1. Knox, John P. 



"A Historical Account of St. Thomas, West Indies .... and Incidental Notices of St. Croix and St. Johns". New 

 York, 1852. 271 p. Scribners. "This book has long been practically the only available book in English. The 

 first part of it is really a faulty translation of H0st's work (q. v), the last a loose compilation. The author was 

 a minister in St. Thomas".- W. W. 



2. Taylor, Charles Edwin. 



"Leaflets from the Danish West Indies descriptive of the social, political, and commercial condition of the Islands. 

 London, 1888. 228 p. "One of the few writers who has made use of archival material for the early history of 

 St. Thomas. The author was a physician and book-dealer in St. Thomas and had access to the Company's 

 archives before their removal to Copenhagen". W. W. 



3. Westergaard, Waldemar. 



"The Danish West Indies under Company Rule (1671-1754) with a Supplementary Chapter (1755-1917). Introduction 

 by Professor H. Morse Stephens. New York, 1917. Macmillan. Maps and Illustrations. "The most thorough 

 study yet made of the early period of the history of the Danish West Indies. The author is an American scholar 

 of Danish descent and fills the chair of Assistant Professor of History at Pomona College. The work is based 

 on a careful study of the documents in the Bancroft Collection at Berkeley, California, consisting of orders is- 

 sued by the first governors, official correspondence, etc., checked up and supplemented by researches in the 

 State, Municipal, and University Archives at Copenhagen, where the authjr spent a whole year collecting mate- 

 rials for his history. Two other volumes were promised which should bring the narrative up to our time, but 

 these have not yet appeared". F. McF. 



4. Woodson, Carter G. (Editor). 



"The Journal of Negro History". Volume II. Nos. 3 & 4. Washington, July and October, 1917. "The July 

 number contains a brief sketch of the Danish West Indies with interesting extracts from documents relating to 

 the islands. The October number contains the petition addressed by the planters to the Danish Government 

 asking for compensation for the loss suffered by tnem consequent to the emancipation of the slaves in the Danish 

 West Indies". F. McF. 



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