Articles in Quaker Periodicals

82 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ?G?? QUAKER made his first appearance on the French stage in Chamfort's La Jeune Indienne, published and produced in Paris in 1764 and republished by the Princeton University Press in 1945. The Quaker in this play, Mowbrai, is indeed in the tradition described by Edith Philips in The Good Quaker in French Legend (Philadelphia, 1932). Mowbrai is a simple man who scorns the useless refinements of civilization but is at the same time a prosperous merchant. He serves as deus ex machina in the play to enable a young man to marry an Indian girl who has saved his life. The plot is an old one based on the story of Inkle and poor Yarico, told in Richard Ligon's True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes (London, 1657) and retold frequently thereafter . Chamfort's brilliant idea was to give the tale a happy ending by introducing the Quaker. This new and popular element made the play a success. It was produced many times in the eighteenth century, not only in Paris but in Germany, Holland, Russia, Spain, England, and in Charleston , South Carolina. Laurence W. Wylie Haverford College ARTICLES IN QUAKER PERIODICALS By Frederick B. Tolles and Dorothy G. Harris Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College The American Friend "From Separation to Union among New England Friends," by Henry J. Cadbury, sketches the history of Friends in New England with special reference to the groups which came together in 1945 (exactly a century after the major separation) to form a united New England Yearly Meeting .—September 13, 1945, pp. 85-88. California Friend "Brief Historical Sketch of First Friends in Pasadena" is an account of the meeting in Pasadena, California (Five Years Meeting), from its beginning in 1882.—December, 1945, pp. 4-5. The Friend of Australia and New Zealand Lister G. Hopkins, in an article entitled "Friends in Jamaica," not only describes the present Friends' work in Jamaica, but also includes interesting historical material on Quakerism there.—February 20, 1946, pp. 12-13. Vol. 35, Autumn 1946 ARTICLES IN QUAKER PERIODICALS83 The Friend (London) The issue for October 12, 1945, contains the following articles commemorating the death of Elizabeth Fry, October 13, 1845 : "Called to be God-bearers," by L. V. Holdsworth, retells the story of the conversion of Elizabeth Fry, in an article that interprets the meaning of conversion for present-day Friends.—pp. 677-678. The Watchman in "Commentary" reviews the experiences in the life of Elizabeth Fry that led her to consecrate her life to Christian service.—pp. 678-679. Janet Whitney in "A Centenary Reconsideration" evaluates the educational methods of prison reform which Elizabeth Fry instituted.— pp. 681-683. "When Women Friends Held their Own Y. M." gives a graphic picture of London Yearly Meeting of Women Friends in 1859. The entertaining diary of Jane Eliza Neave who attended this meeting for the first time at nineteen years of age provides material for the article.—May 24, 1946, pp. 409-410. The Friend (Philadelphia) "Job Scott—A Study in 'Stops'," by Edith Stratton Piatt, is an effort to get light from an eighteenth-century Friend on "the type of concern which lies behind a meeting held 'in the life,' and a ministry which issues clearly from the Source."—September 13, 1945, pp. 85-88. "How Friends of over a Century Ago Addressed the Pennsylvania Legislature in Behalf of Conscientious Objectors," by William W. Cadbury , relates the story of a visit to the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1808 by a group of concerned Philadelphia Friends.—November 8, 1945, pp. 150-151. "Whittier on the Dignity of Man," by Luella M. Wright, "reveals the poet's high estimate of the dignity of man and his fearless defense of the inalienable rights of men in the social order of America."—December 20, 1945, pp. 201-203. "The Retreat," by T. Edmund Harvey, discusses the important pioneering work of William Tuke in the humane care of the mentally ill.— June 20, 1946, pp. 405-406. "Moses Brown and World Government," by Robert M. Hazelton, quotes a number of hitherto unpublished letters of Moses Brown disclosing his part in the organization...