How Long to Read The Story of New Netherland

How Long Does it Take to Read The Story of New Netherland?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read The Story of New Netherland by William Griffis

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

William Elliot Griffis's "story" is worth telling, and he tells it very well. Especially interesting are the chapters which deal with the condition that followed the transfer of government from Dutch to English, and in which the difficulties of the situation varied inversely as the tact of the Governor. British colonial governors have not a particularly good name for tactfulness the world over, but taking the whole list through, from the Restoration to the American Revolution, New York fared very well at their hands. The untactful among them paid for their untactfulness. The disreputable Cornbury was, as one might expect, the greatest stickler of them all for the rights of the Crown and the Church, and in consequence spent the entire term of his governorship in hot water, while more reasonable viceroys or vice-dukes, Bellomont, Hunter, Dongan, had correspondingly easier times. Griffis's version of the Leisler "rebellion," so-called, will be new to many readers, especially to those who have derived their notions from John Fiske. But, it is a well-stated and well-supported version. The Stadtholder of Holland, become King of England, could by no means have approved of the persecution of a colonial official at the hands of- a Jacobite junta for being the first to apply in America the principles of the "Glorious Revolution" in England. The reversal of Leisler's attainder, acquiesced in as it was by those very New Yorkers who had been most active in procuring the attainder, was a vindication and an apology.

How long is The Story of New Netherland?

The Story of New Netherland by William Griffis is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Story of New Netherland Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read The Story of New Netherland aloud.

What Reading Level is The Story of New Netherland?

The Story of New Netherland is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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