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MAGISTRATES HIsToRY or THE

~ SoahERS..A History of the society o,
Friends, compiled from it's standard records. aud
other authentic sources, 10y w. X. Warsiaff NJ H.
One handsome volume S vo. So 90.
" Ihs seems to us To be work of decided value
ana OF greatest interest, not only TO procssc,lly
thcolugic. students but to ali who wish 10 n, .
quaint themselves with the progress of peculiar
principles, or the growth of the peculiar sccts In
this excellent work he has gvcn very full and vcry
interesting biographical sketches of all the mon
who were active in ESTABLISHING, or who have made
Iiusrious the character and history of the Society
Inc work eXhi ITS a close acquaintance with his
subject, and careful industry in examining au-
thcntic records concerning it, and is written in a
style which must attract and reward attention.''-
N. y Courier.
'rhis book is one that was much needed and Il
will do good. The Introduction is a very pcrspic
uous history of Christianity prior TO the time of
George Fox and 1t brings down the history of the
Society OF Friends in England from its origin to
the year i7S6. The work will prove very attract
i've and popular, and we 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 '-Phlad
Inquirer.
at is something singular, that almost every wri-
ter belonging to the Society of Friends is remarka
BILE for verbosity while the members of the society
IN their oral communications, exhibit great sim
phcity and brevity of speech. This fault of their
writers necessarily confines their publica tons
select few by whom patience is esteemed vir-
tue DR.. Wagstaff has judiciously departed from
the established rule, and given us valuable his
style."-N Y Post.
The author has attempted to consolidate the
rlous histories of Friends, and present them in sim
pie but approved language Invested of quaintess
and clrcunlocution, and in that he has emincnty
succeeded. This volume will be found deeply in
tercstng, not only to The members of the Society of
Friends, but to all readers.''--U u. s. Gazette
=" The object of the author is to furnish COM
pcndious and modern work, in order that the his.
tory of the Society may be known without the nc
cessity of searching records unadapted to general
reading, either from their quaintncss their YER
bosty of style. To this he has consulted the stand
ard historians and primitive members OF the Soce-
ty, and has produced work which will no doubt
find favor with the public The present volume
commences with the year 1886, and extends 10 1886
1t is the design of the author to prepare shortly
another volume, containing full account of the
privations endured by the Society in America.''-
Bait Am.
"The work of DR.. Wagstaff contains 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-he standard
historians and primitive members of the Society,""
-Jotrnalof Commerce.
''rhis work has already attained vast amount
of credit, and seems to be rightly valued by those
who have tested its merits. --American Republican,
June6 G. HALL & co.