Abstract

Ruf us Jones interprets Boyhood of George Fox for younger Friends.Feb. 19, 1948, pp. 53-54. In and the Rulers of the People Frederick B. Tolles recalls the prophetic quality possessed by many early Friends in their relations with government officials. Apr. 29, 1948, pp. 134-135; May 13, 1948, p. 153. (Also in the Friends Intelligencer , July 10, 1948, pp. 391-393.) a la New Zealand by Edward Dowsett outlines briefly the beginnings and the present status of Quakerism in that country. May 27, 1948, pp. 172-173. William Edgerton, in as Seen by Russians, quotes from two Russian encyclopedia articles on the history and character of Quakerism and also translates a footnote on Quakers to be found in Karl Marx's Capital. June 24, 1948, pp. 207-208. (Also in The Friend , [Philadelphia] June 17, 1948, pp. 405-407). Ruby M. Dowsett writes of A Quaker Pioneer in New Zealand, Ann Fletcher Jackson, who migrated from England in 1848 and spent the next fifty years making a home for her family in the bush and helping establish Quaker meetings throughout New Zealand. Sept. 2, 1948, pp. 286-287. In Whittier Lives J. Edgar Williams pays tribute to the man and the poet. Nov. 11, 1948, p. 367. Two Itinerant Quaker Women by Elbert Russell is a brief account of the journeys of Mary Peisley and Catherine Payton Phillips, who came to the American colonies from England in 1753 and spent three years visiting meetings from South Carolina to Maine. Jan. 6, 1949, pp. 5-6.

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