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TUESDAY MORNING, JULY %, 1915.
WAGsrAEF,s HISTORY OF THE

w QUAKERS.-A History of the society Of
Friends, compiled from it's standard records, and
other authentic sources, by w. n. Wagstaf, NJ n
One handsome volume, vo 50 90.
" This seems to us to be n work of decided value
and OF greatest interest, not only to proiesscdy
theological students, but to ali who wish TO ac-
quaint themselves with tho progress of peculiar
principles, or the growth of the peculiar sests In
this excellent work he has rycn very full and very
interesting biographical sketches of all the men
who were active in establishing, or who have made
Iiustrious the character and history of the Society
Inc work exhibits close aCQuain lance with his
subject, and careful industry in examining au-
thcntlc records conceriIng it, and is written in a
style which must attract and reward attcntion."-
". Y. Courier.
g This book is one that was much needed and il
VIII do good The introduction is very perspic
nous history OF Christianity prior to the time of
George Fox and it brings down the history of the
society OF Friends in f.. gland from its origin to
the year 1886. The work will prove vcrv attract
i've and popular, and VIC can confidently recon.
mend 1t to all classes, for they will find in it the
history OF prosecuted goodness, plainly and char
table told, in all the simplicity of TRUTH" Philad.
Inquirer.
1t is something singular that almost every wri.
ter belonging to the S;ciety of Friends is remarka
bic for verbosity while the members of the society,
IN their oral communications exhibit great sim
Phcity aud brevity of speech. This fault of their
writers necessarily confines their ublica tons to
select lew by whom patience is esteemed a vr-
tue DR.. Wagstatf has judicously departed from
the established rule, aud given valuable his.
toricai matter written i'll a readable and pleasant
style."-N. Y. Post.
rious histories of Friends and present them in sim
pie but approved language Invested of quaintess
and decentralization and in that he has cmnently
succeeded. This volume will be found deeply in
tcrestng not only to the members of the Society of
Friends, but TO all readcrs."-U u. s. Gazette.
" The object of the author is 10 furnish com
pendions and modern work, in order that the his
tory OF the Society may be known without the nc
cesslty OF searching records unadapted to general
reading, either from their quaiutncss or their ver-
bosity of style TO this he has consulted the stand
ard historians and primitive members OF the Socie-
ty, and has produced work which will doubt
find favor with the public The present volume
comm ences with the year 536, and extends 1886
II is the design of the author to prepare shortly
another volume, containing full account of tho
Privations endured by the Society in American
Bait Ar
''The work of DR.. Wagstaff con ains the most
satisfactory and interesting exposition of the rise
and progress of the Society of Friends and of the
doctrines which they hold, that we have ever read
The facts detailed in the volume before us are de-
rived from the most authentic sourccs-the standard
historians and primitive members of the Society
Journal Of Commerce.
''This work has already attained n vast amount
of credit, and seems to be rightly valued by those
who have tested its merits. "-Anericnn Republican
June C. HALL & co.