Articles in Quaker Periodicals

ARTICLES IN QUAKER PERIODICALS By Lyman W. Riley The Friend (Philadelphia) William Bacon Evans contributes brief notes on the history of The Friend for its one-hundred-and-twenty-fifth birthday.—Dec. 11, 1952, pp. 180-181. "William Forster," an early nineteenth-century English Friend who traveled widely in America and Europe, is the subject of a sketch by Caroline N. Jacob. She mentions in particular his travels on the American frontier and describes his death at Friendsville, Tennessee, in 1853, during a journey to carry an address on slavery from London Yearly Meeting to President Pierce and the governors of the states.— Jan. 8, 1953, pp. 221-224; Feb. 5, 1953, pp. 257-259. Friends Intelligencer There have been at least two genuine Quaker Bibles—Anthony Purver's translation in 1764 and the Bible printed by Isaac Collins in New Jersey in 1791. Letter from the Past No. 128, "Between Gutenberg and Now," mentions other Bibles with Quaker connections, particularly one projected, but never printed, by WiUiam Bradford in Philadelphia in 1688.—Sept. 27, 1952, pp. 556-557. Alma Lutz finds "Susan B. Anthony's Quaker Heritage" reflected in her zeal for religious tolerance, social justice, and peace.—Oct. 18, 1952, pp. 595-597. "Whittier and Bayard Taylor," by Joseph M. Ernest, Jr., presents abundant evidence of the warm friendship between the two men and their admiration for each other's literary efforts.—Oct. 25, 1952, pp. 608-610. "Atlantic Passage—Westbound" for early Friends always meant hardship and discomfort and sometimes real danger. Letter from the Past No. 129 mentions a few of these early Quaker voyages to America. —Oct. 25, 1952, p. 611. Letter from the Past No. 130 is about "A Quaker Grandmother to Adlai," Rebecca Roman Fell, wife of Jesse Fell of Chester County, Pennsylvania, later of Bloomington, Illinois, and great-great-grandmother of Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.—Nov. 8, 1952, pp. 638-639. "George Fox's Journal as Seventeenth-Century Literature," according to S. Eric Molin, illustrates the revolution in thought in that century. He contrasts Sir Thomas Browne's dependence on system, tradition, and philosophical principle in his Religio Medici, published in 1642, with Fox's book, written later in the century, which is concerned with a particular man and his immediate social situation.—Nov. 15, 1952, pp. 652-653. Letter from the Past No. 131 contributes three items about Elizabeth Fry. First, a reproduction of a new West-German stamp bearing 67 68Bulletin of Friends Historical Association her picture. Then a note about some Fry manuscripts at the British Museum. FinaUy, two stanzas of a playful poem, "Friendly Address to Mrs. Fry in Newgate," by Thomas Hood, first published in 1825.— Nov. 22, 1952, pp. 674-675. Two brief articles commemorate the twentieth anniversary of tire death of Inazo Nitobe. Katherine Schieffer Seeler outlines die Ufe and mentions some of the fine qualities of this Japanese Quaker. Letter from the Past No. 132 reproduces a Japanese stamp with his portrait and speaks of his deep understanding of Quakerism.—Dec. 20, 1952, pp. 729-731. The Friends' Quarterly Abel Thomas, a younger contemporary and for a time a neighbor of John Woolman, greatiy resembled him in his courageous ministry and humble spirit. In one of his letters he likens himself as a minister to an old pedlar who can offer his goods only when his Master gives him the key to his pack. WiUiam R. Hughes uses a memoir of Abel Thomas and some of his letters to write an account of "The Old Pedlar's Story."—Jan., 1953, pp. 54-61. The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society "The Society of Friends in Wiltshire" by W. R. PoweU recites in skeleton form the history of the meetings of the county from 1667 to the present. It is a story of decline in membership and consequent consolidation and reorganization of monthly and quarterly meetings.—44 (1952), 3-10. Henry J. Cadbury publishes an account of the "First Settlement of Meetings in Europe" (Holland and parts of Germany). This summary which gives places and times of the meetings, and dates of their founding , was first published in The Yorkshireman in 1836.—44 (1952...