Articles in Quaker Periodicals

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ARTICLES IN QUAKER PERIODICALS By Frederick B. Tolles and Dorothy G. Harris The Friend (Philadelphia) "William Penn, Armiger," by S. L. H. V. (H. Justice Williams), discusses Penn's coat-of-arms.—October 12, 1944, p. 120. "Penn and the Poets," by Elizabeth Janet Gray, points out that although in general Penn disapproved of poetry, the poet Abraham Cowley was one of his favorite authors.—October 26, 1944, pp. 133-135. "The Effects of Conscription on European Quakerism," by Leslie D. Shaffer, demonstrates that conscription was largely responsible for the disintegration of early Quaker groups on the European continent.— November 9, 1944, pp. 147-149. "The Peace Movement in Japan," by Gilbert Bowles, gives attention to the important rôle played by the author, a Kansas Friend, who worked in Japan from 1899 to 1941 under the auspices of the Foreign Mission Board of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Arch Street).—November 23, December 7 and 21, 1944, pp. 165-169, 181-185, 197-201. "William Penn," by J. Garner Anthony, is a transcript of an address given by the former Attorney General of Hawaii at the Penn Tercentenary program in Honolulu.—February 1, 1945, pp. 247-250. "The Last Third of a Century," by D. Lawrence Burgess, sketches developments at Germantown Friends School during the last thirty-three of its one hundred years.—April 26, 1945, pp. 341-344. Friends Intelligencer "George Fox's Journal, 1694-1944," by Henry J. Cadbury, discusses the circumstances of publication of this classic of the varieties of religious experience.—December 23, 1944, pp. 839-840. "John Bright, Friend and Politician," by Mary G. Cary, is a biographical sketch with the suggestion that modern Friends would do well to imitate Bright by taking part in politics.—March 31, 1945, pp. 205-206. "Lavender and the Grand Turk," by Martha Serene Lewis, tells the story of Mary Fisher's visit to the Sultan in 1658,—June 9, 1945, pp. 366-368. "Did the Germans Understand Quaker Relief ?" by Walter Fales, draws on the archives of the American Friends Service Committee to show both appreciation and criticism of the Committee's work in 1920.—July 7, 1945, pp. 429-431. 47 48 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION "Tuke's Retreat for the Mentally 111," by Hugh Chapman, is an account of the York Retreat, first modern mental hospital, written by a C. P. S. attendant in a mental hospital.—July 21, 1945, pp. 461-462. The American Friend "William Penn: Apostle of Liberty and Human Rights," by Rufus M. Jones.—October 19, 1944, pp. 417-419. "The Statesmanship of William Penn," by Harlow Lindley.—October 19, 1944, p. 420-421. "William Penn—Pioneer" was a radio address by T. Edmund Harvey.— November 16, 1944, pp. 456-457. "A French and English Alliance: Stephen Grellet and Elizabeth Fry," by William J. Sayers, discusses the personal relationships of these two nineteenth century Friends.—May 3 and 17, 1945, pp. 164-165, 187-188. The Friend (London) "The Background of French Quakerism" gives a summary of the Quaker movement in France from the time of the convincement of the first Frenchman in 1706 through the present critical war years, in which French Friends have been able to carry on their corporate religious and relief activities.—September 1, 1944, pp. 564-566. The Penn Tercentenary number contains Rufus M. Jones's estimate of William Penn as "Apostle of Liberty and Human Rights."—October 13, 1944, pp. 659-663. The life of "Arthur Stanley Eddington, 1882-1944," outstanding Quaker astronomer, whose great intellectual and spiritual gifts included true humility and kindness of spirit, is recorded by the Quaker physicist, George A. Sutherland, of the University of Manchester.—December 1, 1944, pp. 775-777. In "Light from the Rhineland," Rufus M. Jones reviews the movement of six hundred years ago known as "Friends of God." Members of this Rhineland group, in their mystical interpretation of Christianity and their belief in the power of the inward spirit to transform man's life, are thought to be the spiritual ancestors of Friends.—March 2, 1945, pp. 133-136. "The Strange Episode of the Russian 'Quakers'," by Tom D. Copeman, is an intriguing account of a brief...