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(No. 5270), but they are not duplicates of these. A few of them 

 are similar designs. The price of this volume is 200 guineas 

 (i2io). The price of the smaller volume, if the other be taken, 

 is 25 guineas (£26 5s. od.; together, £236 5s. od.). The story 

 of the smaller volume is very curious. At the fire at Sotheby's 

 in June, 1865, the drawings were saturated with water, and 

 remained so for three weeks under heavy pressure, which pro- 

 duced these remarkable ' off-tracts.' I have had them carefully 

 preserved, reversed in the binding and sized, at no little cost of 

 time and money. 



I am, dear sir, yovirs faithfully, 



Henry Stevens.' " 



■ Winsor, in his " Narrative and Critical History," volume 3, 

 page 124, in which there is a facsimile of the map, simply says 

 that " Stevens, Bibliotheca Historica, 1870, page 222," identified 

 the John White the artist with Governor John White. Dr. 

 Edward Eggleston, in an article of. unusual interest published in 

 the Century for November, 1882, on page 68, says: "John 

 White, the artist of the expedition, who became Governor of the 

 second colony, made some admirable drawings of the Indians." 

 On pages 66-67 is a " Map of southern part of Atlantic coasts 

 of North America, showing the strait leading from Port Royal 

 to the south sea (drawn in 1685 by John White, artist to 

 Raleigh colony, now first published by permission of the British 

 ]\Iuseum)." 



This facsimile, the only one I have seen, has a double interest 

 on account of the subject and artist. 



■ After reading the various opinions of the eminent writers 

 quoted in the above pages, it can readily be seen that Kohl and 

 Stevens are the authorities for the identity of John With the 

 artist with John White the Governor. All other writers have 

 blindly followed in their lead. 



By comparing Kohl's statements with the original quotations 

 from Hakluyt and De Bry, as given above, one cannot help 

 seeing the incorrectness of his views, as well as his inaccuracies, 

 especially since the recent discovery of the original drawings 

 of John With or White in the British Museum. 



Stevens, in his article as also quoted, states, " A glance at the 



