The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-08-08
WA.ssTAEF'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. Il. Wa~s,aT NJ d.
One handsome volume, vo So 90
ihls seems 20 us To be work of decided value
anu oil greatest interest, not only to prolcsscdly
thcoiogic.l students, but to ali who wish TO aC-
quaint themselves with the progress of peculiar
principles or the growth of the peculiar sGcts In
this excellent work he has avcn very full and very
interesting Biographical sketches of all the men
VINO were active IN establishing, or who have made
dustrous the character and history of the Society
.nc work EXHIBITS close acquaintance with his
SUBJECT, and careful industry in examining au-
menuc records concerning it, and is written in a
Syle winch must attract and reward attention -
" Y. Courier
This book is one that WINS ,nucb ,oo,loJ ,,,,I :,
VIII do rood. The introduction is q vcry prrspic
nous history of Christianity prior TO the time of
george Fox; and il brings down the history of the
society oil Friends in England from it's origin to
the year i136. The work will prove very attract.
I'VE ana popular, and VIC confidently recon-.
mend 1t TO all classes, for they will find in il the
history OF prosecuted goodness, plainly and char.
Inquirer.
1t IS something singular, that almost every wri.
ter belonging to the Siciety of Friends il rcmarka.
pie Tor vcrbosity, while the members of the society
IN their oral communications. exhibit great sim
pllcity and brevity of speech This fault of their
writers necessarily confines their publica tons to
select few by whom patience is esteemed vir-
tue Dr. w agstNtt has judiciously departed from
inc established rule, aud given us valuable his.
style"--N. y. Post.
L ne author mas attempted to consolidate the va
rio"s histories OF Friends, and present them in sim
pie but approved language divested of qunncss
and clrcuWlocution, and in that he has eminently
succeeded. This volume will be found deeply in
ercsung, not only to The members of the Society of
Friends, but to all readcrs.''- u. s. GaeeRe
8 The object of the author is to furnish a com
pendlous and modern work, in order that the his.
tory OF the Society may be known without The ne
cesslty OF searching records unadapted to general
reading, either from their quaintncss or their vcr
cosity OF style To this he has consulted the stand
ard historians and primitive members of the Socie-
ty, and has produced work which will no doubt
hnd favor with the public The present volume
commences with the year 1885, and extends to 1886
1t Is the design of the author to prepare shortly
another volume, containing a full account of the
Privations endured by the Society in America. -
Bait. DIM.
g 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 tie volume before us are de-
rived from the most authentic sourccs-the standard
historians and primitive members of the Society"
Journal Of Commerce.
'Ihis work has already attained vast amount
of credit and seems to be rightly valued bv those
who have tested its ."--American Republican
June G.. HALL & co.