"Brfchnren doer able disposition of the authorities. i D R I A E N vander D O N C Resigning himself to the situaBeyder Rechten Do&oor, die teghenwooption, he now turned his attention digh noch in Nieuw Nederlant is. to literary labors, which resulted in the composition of a most valuable work on the Dutch provinces in America. Wo reproduce here a facsimile of the title page of this interesting book, which, 25p Evert Nieuwenhof, r>orch-Ucrhoopcr/ fiuflanatm't&cljinf-rjocrli/ Anno i6jj,luommiftcop't translated, is as follows: " DeTITLE PAGE OF VAX PER DONCK'S BOOK. scription of New Xetherland (as It is Today), Comprising the Nature, Character, Situation, and Fertility of the Said Country; Together with the Advantageous and Desirable Circumstances (both of Their Own Production and as Brought by External Causes) for the Support of the People Which Prevail There; as Also the Manners and Peculiar Qualities of the Wild Men or Natives of the Land. And a Separate Account of the Wonderful Character and Habits of the Reavers; to Which is Added a Conversation on the Condition of New Netherland between a Netherland Patriot and a New Netherlander, Described by Adriaen Van der Donck, Doctor in Roth Laws, Who at present is still' in New Netherland. At Amsterdam, by Evert Nieuwenhof, Rookseller, Residing on the Russia [a street or square], at the [sign of

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the] Writing-book. Anno 1655." The book was probably first published in 1653, the copy from which the above translation is made a later edition. It was Van der Donck's intention to enlarge of being the director-general's upon his facts by consulting the papers on file in office at New Amsterdam, to which end he obtained the necessary permit from the company. But upon his return to America, which occurred in the summer of 1653, Stuyvesant, who still harbored resentment against him, denied him that privilege.