Text: Edgar Allan Poe (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), April 5, 1845, vol. 1, no. 14, p. ???-???

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A HISTORY or THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, compiled from its standing records, and other authentic sources, by William R. Wagstaff, M.D. Part 1. New York and London. Wiley & Putnam. 1845.

This is an attempt to give a History of the Society of Friends, in a form adapted to popular tastes, although we infer from the author's preface, that he designed it with a view to instruct the members of the Society rather than the public at large. The present volume relates solely to the history of the sect in Europe; the author intimates that in a second part he will give a full account of the trials and privations to which the Society were subjected in this western world. The book is distinguished by the external beauty peculiar to all the publications of Messrs. Wiley & Putnam.