This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...ten in Westmorland, and the buildings for which licences were granted twenty and eight respectively. The Jubilee Number of The Bookseller (London), dated January 24th, gives a short sketch (with portrait) of Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A., (1820-1895), founder of the far-famed " Whitaker's Almanack" and states, " It ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...ten in Westmorland, and the buildings for which licences were granted twenty and eight respectively. The Jubilee Number of The Bookseller (London), dated January 24th, gives a short sketch (with portrait) of Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A., (1820-1895), founder of the far-famed " Whitaker's Almanack" and states, " It was his Quaker ancestry and leanings, combined with absolute integrity in all business engagements, which enabled him-to secure the hearty support of every leading member of the trade when starting ' The Bookseller.' " An appreciative review of Headley Brothers' pocket edition of " The Journal of John Woolman," sold at 1s. 6d. net, appears in The Primitive Methodist Quarterly Review (London), for January. The Reminiscences of Nathan T. Frame and Esther G. Frame (Cleveland, p., The Britton Printing Co.), make a thick volume of 673 pages, although the Editors state that they have only given a brief outline of their more than thirty years' work (1868-1906). Many striking instances of blessing attending the faithful preaching of the Gospel are here recorded, but it is questionable whether the numerous references from the contemporary press to the work of these evangelists add to the value of the volume, and perhaps the same thing may be said of the ten portraits of Nathan and Esther Frame. President Rosenberger, of Penn College, contributes a Preface, and President Stanley, of Friends' University, an Introduction. The Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Cray don and Saffron Walden Old Scholars' Association is to hand. It is a pamphlet of fifty-six pages, full of items of information which will be welcomed by Old Scholars and others interested in the School. There are several illustrations; the frontispiece represents John Edward Walker, ...
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Add this copy of The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society, Volume to cart. $49.49, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Nabu Press.
