Articles and Publications

118Quaker History of Quaker Education, A Source Book, it deserves more careful editing. There are some omissions and errors in the index, and enough misprints throughout to be distracting. I hope there will be a second edition with these corrected. The book is a unique contribution to the literature on Friends education and would reward a wide audience. Westtown SchoolAnne Wood Articles and Publications By Claire B. Shetter Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081 A handsome new book by John Michael Vlach, Plain Painters: Making Sense ofAmerican FolkArt, is the fifth in the New Directions in American Art Series, published by the Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1988. The author suggests a new interpretation of American folk art. Describing these artists as "charming, naive, and original" one could fail to see the complexity and sophistication of much of their work. Numerous untrained artists intended to create within the authentic tradition of the fine art world, not the folk community. The author suggests the term "plain" to suggest a version of what potentially could have been quite elaborate. Included are many references to, and reproductions of, the works of Edward Hicks, Quaker artist. An account written in 1916, tracing village life in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire , and the role of the Quakers since 1660, by Walter Rose, now edited by James and Audrie Brodie, has been published by Beechtree Press, 1 Fettes Crescent , Wellington 3, New Zealand. It is illustrated with photographs and maps. The cost is $10.50 postpaid. For those who enjoy a visual representation of the schisms of the Society of Friends, Geoffrey Kaiser, with the help of Bruce G. Grimes, has charted the relationship between yearly meetings in his The Society ofFriends in North America. This is a large broadside, and was published by the author and artist , Sumneytown, PA 18084, 1988. A family newsletter known as "Ely Heritage" is being published quarterly, covering all branches of the Ely surname and allied lineages, many of whom were Quakers. The editor welcomes unlimited, free, queries. The cost of the publication is $15.00 per year. Please correspond with Theresa Ryan, 501 N. Paradise Road, Aberdeen, MD 21001. Listed below are articles relating to Friends appearing in recent periodicals. Stephen A. Kent, "Psychological and Mystical Interpretations of early Quakerism: William James and Rufus Jones," Religion 17 (1987): 251-271. George H. Cox, Jr., "The Peace and Social Concerns of Wrightsborough Friends," Southern Friend 10.1 (1988): 1-13. This is the first part and is titled, "Living with the Indians." Articles and Publications119 David M. Butler, "Friends' Sufferings, 1650 to 1688: a Comparative Summary ," Journal of the Friends Historical Society 55.6 (1988): 180-183. Jacques Tual, "Sexual Equality and Conjugal Harmony: the Way to Celestial Bliss. A view of early Quaker matrimony," Journal of the Friends Historical Society 55.6 (1988): 161-173. Forrest McDonald and Ellen Shapiro McDonald, "John Dickinson, Founding Father," Delaware History 23.1 (1988): 24-38. Joan Greene Orr, "Civilize the Indian: Government Policies, Quakers, and Cherokee Education," Southern Friend 10.2 (1988) 27-38. Emma Jones Lapsansky, "Feminism, Freedom and Community: Charlotte Forten and Women Activists in Nineteenth-century Philadelphia," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 113.1 (1989): 3-19. The article includes references to Forten's Quaker fellow-activists. Bradley Chapín, "Felony Law Reform in the Early Republic," Pennsylvania Magazine ofHistory and Biography 113.2 (1989): 163-183. Some Quakers led and sustained the felony law reform movement. A. Day Bradley, "Quakers in the Lancaster Gaol, 1778," Pennsylvania Folklife 36.2 (1986-87): 95-96. Six Friends were imprisoned in this Pennsylvania jail for refusing to take the oath of allegiance, pay fines, or join the Militia. Kenneth L. Carroll, "The Berry Brothers of Talbot County, Maryland: Early Antislavery Leaders," MarylandHistoricalMagazine 84.1 (1989): 1-9. The Berry brothers were gifted, active, and dedicated members of Thud Haven Monthly Meeting, and were also slaveholders. In the late eighteenth century they freed their slaves and became champions in the struggle to free society from slavery. Research in Progress By Claire B. Shetter Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 19081 Quaker meetings and Quaker meeting houses are perennial topics...