60Quaker History acquaintances he made throughout his long life and varied careers. Frequently observing (and apparently misquoting) the adage that "The dead cannot be scandalized ," he recorded his candid opinions of scores of those acquaintances, mostly Friends, no longer living at the time he was writing. A veritable parade of memorable Friends people the pages of The Records and Recollections ofJames Jenkins. Such notables as Thomas Corby?, Joseph Gurney Bevan, John Scott, Thomas Letchworth, Mary Knowles, Drs. Fothergill and Lettsom and scores of others are portrayed there, "warts and all. " A man of strong opinions, Jenkins believed, with good reason, that English Quakerism was dominated by an aristocracy of London Elders, that the Morning Meeting was dictatorial and censorious and that too many American Friends were over-zealous, overcritical and over-eager to cross me Atlantic. He was a close observer of the Hannah Barnard controversy and his records from 1798 to 1801 provide a remarkably complete description of that long protracted dispute. As Jenkins achieved financial stability and approached old age his records become a series of memorials of deceased Friends with his observations on their lives and characters. In his retirement Jenkins revised and up-dated his memoirs, occasionally softening orjustifying his judgments. These later additions, too, are incorporated in the text. J. William Frost has knit together the chronicles ofJenkins into a coherent whole. He has cross-referenced repeated and related accounts, tracked down many literary allusions, and checked Jenkin's accounts with other contemporary sources where possible. He has found Jenkins to be a careful and accurate observer oflife, although less careful with his literary allusions. Using the Dictionary ofNational Biography, the Dictionary of Quaker Biography, and other printed materials, Frost provides useful additional information on many of those who crossed Jenkins's path and his pages. Few indeed are neglected in Frost's careful research. Most importantly, perhaps, Frost genuinely appreciates James Jenkins and is careful to point out how this in many ways unremarkable man has provided invaluable information for British historians and students of Quakerism. This work will be fundamental to all research on late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Quakerism and can serve as a foundation for additional research on the period. Because it is a definitive text (and because it is so expensive), printing errors cannot be easily overlooked. Jenkins's sometimes idiosyncratic spellings are retained, of course, and no explanations are needed; but there are a few instances that appear to be typographical errors: poet becomespost, Barnett becomes Barkett and, more seriously, 7778 becomes 1788 and 7798 becomes 7778. Yet these are small blemishes on the face of an important new text and cannot diminish the fascination of The Records and Recollections ofJames Jenkins. Kentucky Humanities Council University of KentuckyJudi Jennings Harry Emerson Fosdick: Preacher, Pastor, Prophet. By Robert Moats Miller. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. 608 pp. $34.50. This fascinating story of Dr. Fosdick tells in a most interesting way of the remarkable churches he served, his influential professorship at Union Theological Seminary, his nation-wide radio ministry, and his spiritually based efforts to practice his understanding ofthe social implications ofthe Christian Gospel. The author of this massive tome is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is the result of ten years of original research in the primary sources, not only in New Jersey and New York City, but also across the county and in Puerto Rico. The last section on "Essay on Sources, " pp. 571-592, describes these labors, the vast correspondence, the manuscripts, the personal interviews, and the personal Book Reviews61 papers of Dr. Fosdick and others. The style of the book, however, is not pedantic. There are no footnotes cluttering the pages although at times they would be appreciated . Readers of Quaker History will recognize that Dr. Fosdick's life and concerns are closely related to those of Friends; both in their beginnings and in contemporary life. Fosdick though raised a Baptist became, like many of the earliest Friends, an ecumenical Christian. He was at home in the Federal Council of Churches and was from the first a member ofthe Wider Quaker Fellowship. Dr. Fosdick writes...