Christopher Columbus And The New World Of His Discovery, Volume 1 — Filson Young

Alexander Bell also known as Filson Young 1876 1938 was the author of The Relief of Mafeking 1900 Ireland at the Cross Roads 1903 The Sands of Pleasure 1906 Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery in eight volumes 1906 Venus and Cupid 1906 and When the Tide Turns 1908 A man standing on the sea shore is perhaps as ancient and as primitive a symbol of wonder as the mind can conceive Beneath his feet are the stones and grasses of an element that is his own natural to him in some degree belonging to him at any rate accepted by him He has place and condition there Above him arches a world of immense void fleecy sailing clouds infinite clear blueness shapes that change and dissolve his day comes out of it his source of light and warmth marches across it night falls from it showers and dews also and the quiet influence of stars