Book Notices and Reviews

52 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS Books of interest to Friends may usually be purchased at the following places : Friends' Book Store, 302 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Friends' Central Bureau, 1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia. Friends' Book and Tract Committee, 144 East 20th Street, N. Y. C. Friends' Book and Supply House, Richmond, Indiana. Friends' Book Centre, Friends House, Euston Road, London, N. W. 1, England. DeCou, George. Moorestown and Her Neighbors. Historical Sketches. Philadelphia: Harris and Partridge, Inc. 1929. Pp. 146. $2.75. As an introduction to this little book, the author gives a brief historical sketch of the early settlement of the state of New Jersey, and then takes up in more detail the settlement of Moorestown and neighboring towns. While the pioneer's axe was first heard in this vicinity about 1682, it is probable that Moorestown did not start to develop as a village until about 1700, when the first Friends' Meeting House was erected. Various names were at first applied to this little settlement, such as Chestertown, Rodmantown , Chester, and Moorfield. However, in the middle or latter part of the eighteenth century it was named Moorestown, in honor of Thomas Moore, who was the proprietor of an historic inn which formerly stood on the King's Highway (now Main Street). Following the account of the early days in Moorestown, there are chapters on the old roads and Indian trails, revolutionary days, historic homesteads and landmarks, religious organizations, schools, libraries and literary societies . The neighboring towns of Mount Laurel, Westfield, and the deserted village of Colestown are also included in the story. Two chapters are devoted to an account of the " first residents," the Lenni Lenape Indians and their friendly relations with the white people who settled on their lands. The last chapter gives a complete list of and information on the families living in or near Moorestown today whose paternal ancestors arrived in Burlington County prior to 1700. As Moorestown was settled largely by Friends, it is natural that its history should include many references to the Society of Friends. Quaker meetings were held in this vicinity as early as 1685, and in 1700 a small log meeting house was erected at Main Street and Chester Avenue, the latter street having been called Great Road or Meeting House Lane in the early meeting records. This log house was burned in 1720, and a stone building was erected. This building was replaced in 1802 by a larger meeting house which is still in use and which is the oldest place of public worship in Moorestown today. There are many beautiful illustrations in this book, including pictures of historic homesteads, the old meeting house built in 1802, Chester Brick BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS53 School erected in 1785, the Friends' Home, and Mount Laurel Meeting House. The reader is impressed with the many authorities consulted by the author in collecting the information contained in this historical sketch. It is to be regretted that the usefulness of the book for reference is marred by the lack of an index. George DeCou, the author, is a member of Friends' Historical Association and of the Burlington County Historical Society. Anna B. Hewitt Philadelphia, Pa. Grubb, Isabel. Quakerism and Industry before 1800. London : Williams and Norgate, Ltd. 1930. Pp. 192. $2.50. Many Friends, ancient and modern, have expressed views on the questions of industry. The interest of some present-day Friends in the newer problems of our rapidly changing economic life is sometimes referred to as an interesting revival of certain concerns of early Quakerism. Yet strangely enough no one as yet has written a connected and comprehensive account of this phase of Quaker testimony and practice. The present book makes a good start toward such an account. It limits itself, however, to the period before 1800, and for the most part to Friends in Great Britain and Ireland. Either in America or abroad many American Friends have met the author of this book, Isabel Grubb, of Ireland. She made her study of Quakerism and Industry as a result, in part at least, of a research fellowship granted by the Woodbrooke Council. Her bibliography (pp. 183-184) indicates a...