Articles in Quaker Periodicals

ARTICLES IN QUAKER PERIODICALS By Lyman W. Riley Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College The American Friend Rufus Jones interprets "The Boyhood of George Fox" for younger Friends.—Feb. 19, 1948, pp. 53-54. In "Friends and the Rulers of the People" Frederick B. Tolles recalls the "prophetic" quality possessed by many early Friends in their relations with government officials.—Apr. 29, 1948, pp. 134-135; May 13, 1948, p. 153. (Also in the Friends Intelligencer, July 10, 1948, pp. 391-393.) "Quakers à la New Zealand" by Edward Dowsett outlines briefly the beginnings and the present status of Quakerism in that country.— May 27, 1948, pp. 172-173. William Edgerton, in "Quakers as Seen by Russians", quotes from two Russian encyclopedia articles on the history and character of Quakerism and also translates a footnote on Quakers to be found in Karl Marx's Capital.—June 24, 1948, pp. 207-208. (Also in The Friend, [Philadelphia] June 17, 1948, pp. 405-407) . Ruby M. Dowsett writes of "A Quaker Pioneer in New Zealand", Ann Fletcher Jackson, who migrated from England in 1848 and spent the next fifty years making a home for her family in the "bush" and helping establish Quaker meetings throughout New Zealand.—Sept. 2, 1948, pp. 286-287. In "Whittier Lives" J. Edgar Williams pays tribute to the man and the poet.—Nov. 11, 1948, p. 367. "Two Itinerant Quaker Women" by Elbert Russell is a brief account of the journeys of Mary Peisley and Catherine Payton Phillips, who came to the American colonies from England in 1753 and spent three years visiting meetings from South Carolina to Maine.—Jan. 6, 1949, pp. 5-6. The Canadian Friend "The Historic Peace Testimony of Friends" is the Sunderland P. Gardiner Lecture given by Harold Chance at Canada Yearly Meeting, 1948.—August, 1948, pp. 6-10; September, 1948, pp. 4-9. The Friend (London) "Where Conscription Was Defeated" by Leyton Richards tells of the results of the Australian Conscription Act of 1911.—Dec. 12, 1947, pp. 1029-1031. Robert Ion writes a brief article on "The Significance of Isaac Penington."—Jan. 9, 1948, pp. 21-22. 57 58Bulletin of Friends Historical Association "George Newman (1870-1948) : A Quaker Profile" is a tribute by The Friend to the medical reformer and editor of the Friends' Quarterly Examiner.—June 4, 1948, pp. 457-460. The Friend gives a sketch of the life and influence of a great American Quaker in "Rufus M. Jones, 1863-1948, The Story of an Integrated Life."—June 25, 1948, pp. 517-522. Ernest B. Ludlam writes of "Scottish Quakerism, Past and Present," outlining its beginnings and giving an encouraging picture of its present status.—July 16, 1948, pp. 584-586. Norman Macfadyen takes notice of the fiftieth anniversary of the publishing of Tomorrow by Ebenezer Howard and describes its result, The First Garden City, Limited, in an article called "A Dream Realised." —Oct. 8, 1948, pp. 849-850. The Friend (Philadelphia) "The Autobiography of an Early Quaker" by Walter L. PyIe is an appreciative interpretation of the life of Thomas Ellwood as it is portrayed in his autobiography.—May 20, 1948, pp. 377-379. One hundred years of "The Friends Free Library" is described in an interesting and informative way by Violet Gordon Gray.—July 1, 1948, pp. 6-9. D. Elton Trueblood lists the fifty-six principal works of Rufus M. Jones and calls them "The Real Monument of Rufus Jones".—July 15, 1948, pp. 22-23. Gilbert Bowles reaffirms the Quaker peace stand in an "Historical Sketch of Friends' Peace Principles in Action", an article first published in 1917.—July 29, 1948, pp. 39-41; August 12, 1948, pp. 55-57. In "Robert Barclay, Quaker Thinker" D. Elton Trueblood summarizes his Barclay Tercentenary address at London Yearly Meeting, 1948. —Oct. 21, 1948, pp. 137-138. (Also in The Friend [London], Aug. 20, 1948, pp. 701-703.) The Friends Intelligencer "Forever Nell" (Letter from the Past No. 90) speculates on the possible influence of Fox and other Quakers on Nell Gwynn, actress and mistress of Charles IL-Feb. 28, 1948, pp. 121-122. Rufus M. Jones in a short article points out the "Evidences of the...