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56 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION the Society of Friends ... an opportunity to be of service," and comments on the greater importance of the latter purpose. Nine chapters are concerned with war relief in various countries of Europe, the terrible need for it, and its effects on the inhabitants. Six chapters deal with the " New Impetus to Humanitarian Activities at Home," Social Order, Relief of Miners, Inter-racial Activities, etc., and the " effects of these upon American Quakers." In the chapter on Inter-racial Activities Dr. Jones has failed to cover the field fully, his sources of information not having been sufficiently wide. In some places in his book statistics make dry reading. Again one feels a quickening pulse at the tale of awful devastation, and an admiration at the indomitable effort and selfless service, which carried the message of Christ's love to despairing humanity. Charts and photographs illustrate the text acceptably, the style is clear and simple, the forecast of the future for the Society is interesting and, taken by and large, the book is a sympathetic and very readable addition to the historiography of Friends and their doings. Anne Biddle Stirling Philadelphia, Pa. Jones, Rufus M. The Trail of Life in College. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1929. Pp. 201. As the copy for this Bulletin goes to the printer the editor is having 3 brief glimpse, in galley-proof, of the new volume in Rufus M. Jones' autobiography entitled, " The Trail of Life in College." No one who knows Rufus Jones will want to miss this book—especially those who also know Haverford. The book contains much intimate history of the college and of college people. One chapter is devoted to President Thomas Chase—the author wishing " to pay some of the debt I owe this Olympian friend and guide of my youth." The first chapter is on " Choosing a College." The thirteenth and last is on " A Mountain Top and a New Friend." These chapters and what lies between them will probably be known to most of our readers before this Bulletin comes from the press. Klain, Zora. Educational Activities of New England Quakers. Philadelphia : Westbrook Publishing Company. 1928. Pp. 228. $3.50. Selections from the Minutes of New England Yearly Meeting and its subordinate meetings, interspersed with occasional extracts from private correspondence and the reminiscences of Quaker teachers and scholars, form the basis of this study of the educational activities of New England Friends. As the sub-title indicates, it is a source book, intended presumably for use by classes in education, not a narrative for the general reader. The conclusions to be drawn from the documents here presented might be stated somewhat as follows. New England Friends have been predomi- BOOK REVIEWS57 nantly a rural people. Living on isolated farms they were little in touch with the outside world, and their circumstances did not permit of educational activities on a large scale. Hence, doubtless, the scanty evidences of interest in education until well toward the close of the eighteenth century. It is significant that the chief impetus to an increased interest in this subject seems to have come from a letter sent out in 1778 by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, which caught the attention of a few men of light and leading , notably Moses Brown. For over fifty years his was the principal influence in promoting among New England Friends an interest in the education of their children. The early efforts of New England Friends seem to have had scant success . Family schools, Preparative Meeting schools, Monthly Meeting schools,—all were tried. Many parents were indifferent, others preferred to send their children to the public schools, funds were lacking, teachers scarce. The ideal of Friends was a "guarded education." Therefore the early curriculum consisted chiefly of George Fox's Primers and Barclay's Catechism, and the use of the plain language was almost as much stressed as the three R's. As regards primary education Friends fought a losing battle, but to give their children a more advanced training under proper influences they succeeded in establishing two boarding schools which still flourish, Moses Brown and Oak Grove. For many years, however, these schools, though...

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