The History of the Rise, Increase and
Progress
of the Christian
People called Quakers.
People called Quakers.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v08
public, as well
as private, libraries; particularly that of the late Lord Somers. 2nd ed.
Ed. Scott, Walter. 1812. [Vols. VII, VIII, ix and x contain some restor-
ation satires. ]
The Harleian Miscellany, a Collection of Pamphlets and Tracts,. . . selected
from the Library of Edward Harley, second Earl of Oxford. 1809.
(Quarto edition. ) (Vols. I, II, IV, V, VII and vil contain a few restoration
satires. )
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Bibliography
Poems on Affairs of State. (Vols. III and iv (q. v. under I (6)) contain a few
Lists of Goods etc. in proge. ]
The Popish Courant. 1678-83. (This was a satiric supplement attached
to Harry Care's Whig periodical, A Paoquet (later The Weekly Pacquet)
of Advice from Rome. ]
Mercurias Bifrons: or, The English Janus, the one side true and serious,
the other jocular. 1681.
(Flatman, Thos. ] Heraclitus Ridens; or, A Discourse between Jest and
Earnest, where many a True Word is pleasantly spoken in opposition to
all Libellers against the Government. 1681-2. [Tory. ]
The Observator, in dialogue . . . by Sir Roger L'Estrange. 1681-7. Joanna
Brome, William Abingdon and Charles Brome in succession. [Tory.
Has a satiric element. ]
The Weekly Discoverer Strip'd Naked, or, Jest and Earnest expos'd to
Public View in his Proper Colours. Feb. -Mar. 1681. (Whig opponent
of Heraclitus Ridens. ]
The Observator Observ'd; or Protestant Observations upon Anti-Protestant
Pamphlets, by way of question and answer. May 1681. (Whig opponent
of The Observator. ]
III. MODERN CRITICAL WORKS
Birrell, A. Andrew Marvell. (English Men of Letters Series. ) 1905.
Courthope, Prof. W. J. A History of English Poetry, rol. iv. 1903.
(Appreciations of Marvell and Oldham. ]
Fox Bourne, H. R. English Newspapers. Chapters in the History of
Journalism. 2 vols. 1887. [Vol. 1, chaps. II and 11 deal with English
Journalism between 1660 and 1700. ]
Gosse, E. W. Seventeenth Century Studies. 1883. [Contains an essay on
Otway. ]
Hannay, J. English Political Satires. Quarterly Review, vol. ci, April
1857.
Williams, J. B. History of English Journalism to the foundation of the
Gazette. 1908. [See, also, vol. VII, chap. xv, of the present work. ]
Articles on Marvell (Firth, C. H. ), Oldham (Ward, A. W. ), and others in
D. of N. B. ; and on Marvell (Smith, Goldwin), and Oldham (Ward, A. W. )
in vol. 11 of the English Poets. Selections . . . ed. Ward, T. H. 1880. See,
also, Introductions to their editions of Marvell's Works by Aitken, G. A. , and
Grosart, A. B. , and vol. VII, chap. VII of the present work.
CHAPTER IV
THE EARLY QUAKERS
I. GENERAL
Joseph Smith's Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books, in 3 vols. , with
Supplement (published in 1867, but kept up to date), may be consulted at
the Friends' Library, Devonshire House, Bishopsgate. See, also, his
Bibliotheca Anti-Qaakeriana (1873), for books adverse to the Society of
Friends.
The Swarthmore Manuscripts, unpublished, form a collection of about 1400
original seventeenth century letters, papers, etc. , which was preserved at
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Swarthmore Hall, Ulverston, till 1759, when it was dispersed on the sale of the
estate. The papers are being gradually collected again, and are preserved at
the Friends' Library, Devonshire House, Bishopsgate.
Barclay, A. R. Letters, &c. of Early Friends, illustrative of the History of
the Society from its Origin to George Fox's Decease. 1841.
Barclay, R. (of Reigate). The Inner Life of the Religious Societies of the
Commonwealth. 1876.
Beck, W. The Friends: who they are and what they have done. 1892.
Besse, J. A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers from
1650 to 1689. 1753.
Braithwaite, W. C. The Beginnings of Quakerism. (To be published immedi-
ately. Drawn from original and, to a large extent, contemporary sources.
The most accurate history of the origin of Quakerism yet written. ]
Spiritual Guidance in the Experience of the Society of Friends. . 1909.
Burr, Anna R. The Autobiography: a Critical and Comparative Study.
Boston, 1909.
Clarkson, T. A Portraiture of Quakerism. 1806.
Combe, C. La Révélation intérieure immédiate d'après l'Apologie de Robert
Barclay. Montauban. 1894.
Croese, G. The General History of the Qnakers. 1696.
Emmott, Elizabeth B. The Story of Quakerism. Published for the Friends”
Central Education Committee. 1908.
Gough, J. A History of the People called Quakers. 4 vols. Dublin,
1789-90.
Grubb, E. Authority and the Light Within. 1908.
Hancock, T. The Peculium: an endeavour to throw light on some of the
causes of decline of the Society of Friends. 1859.
Harvey, T. E. The Rise of the Quakers. 1905.
James, W. The Varieties of Religious Experience. 1902.
Janney, S. M. History of the Religious Society of Friends, from its Rise to
the year 1828. 4 vols. Philadelphia, 1859-67.
Jones, R. M. Studies in Mystical Religion. 1909.
Children of the Light. 1909. (A little Book of Selections. ]
Penn, William. A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People
called Quakers. 1694. [Introduction to Fox's Journal; but also printed
separately. ]
Penney, N. The First Publishers of Truth: Early Records of the Intro-
duction of Quakerism into the Counties of England and Wales. Intro-
duction by Hodgkin, T. 1907.
Rowntree, J. S. Quakerism Past and Present: an Inquiry into the Causes
of its Decline. 1859.
Sewel, W.
The History of the Rise, Increase and Progress of the Christian
People called Quakers. 1722.
Webb, Maria. The Fells of Swarthmore Hall and their Friends. 1865.
The Penns and Peningtons of the Seventeenth Century. 1867.
II. GEORGE Fox
A. Writings
George Fox's Journal. The original manuscript, believed to have been
written by Thomas Lower and others at Fox's dictation, has now been published
verbatim, by the Cambridge University Press, introduction by Harvey, T. E. ,
annotated by Penney, Norman, 2 vols. , 1911.
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Bibliography
8
The Great Mistery of the Great Whore Unfolded. 1659.
A Battle-door for Teachers and Professors to learn Singular and Plural:
You to many, and Thou to one. George Fox, John Stubs, Benjamin
Furly. 1660.
A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian
Experiences, and Labours of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that
Ancient Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox.
[Edited, and corrected into grammatical English, by Thomas Ellwood,
Fox's literary executor, and other Friends. ] With preface by Penn,
William. 1694. Many subsequent eds.
The Journal. 8th (Bicentenary) ed. 2 vols. 1891. With corrections, and
map. 2 vols. 1902-3.
A Collection of Epistles. 1698.
Gospel Truth Demonstrated, in a Collection of Doctrinal Books. 1796.
B. Biography and Criticism
Beck, W. Six Lectures on George Fox and his Times. 1877.
Bickley, A. C. George Fox and the Early Quakers. 1884.
Hodgkin, T. George Fox. Leaders of Religion Series. 1896.
Janney, S. M. Life of George Fox. Philadelphia, 1853.
Jones, R. M. George Fox, an Autobiography. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1903.
1 vol. London, 1904.
Rowntree, J. S. The Life and Character of George Fox. Lecture to
University Extension Students at Oxford. 1894.
An Inquiry into the Truthfulness of Lord Macaulay's Portraiture of
George Fox, 1861.
Spurgeon, C. H. George Fox. An Address. 1866.
Stähelin, Margaret. George Fox: Aufzeichnungen und Briefe des ersten
Quakers Mit einer Einführung von Wernle, P. Tübingen, 1908.
III. WILLIAM PENN
A. Writings
A first complete edition of the works of William Penn is now being pre-
pared by Myers, Albert Cook, of Philadelphia.
A Collection of the Works of William Penn. To which is prefixed a Journal
of his Life. Ed. Besse, Joseph. 2 vols. 1726.
An Index to William Penn's Works By · Philalethes' (Henry Portsmouth).
1730.
The Sandy Foundation Shaken. 1668.
Innocency with her Open Face. 1669.
No Cross No Crown. 1669. Many subsequent eds.
No Cross No Crown. With introduction by Hilton, J. Deane. 1902.
Some Fruits of Solitude. 1st ed. , 1693. Many subsequent eds.
Some Fruits of Solitude. With introduction by Gosse, Edmund. 1901.
Some Fruits of Solitude. With introduction by Clifford, J. 1905.
Primitive Christianity Revived. 1696.
The Christian Quaker and his Divine Testimony Stated and Vindicated.
1699.
B. Biography and Criticism
Clarkson, Thomas. Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William
Penn. 2 vols. 1813.
Dixon, W. Hepworth. History of William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania.
1872.
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Jeffrey, F. Contributions to the Edinburgh Review. 1853. [Contains
reviews of Clarkson, T. , Portraiture of Quakerism, April 1807, and
Memoirs of Penn, July 1813. ]
Jenkins, H. M. (ed. ). Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal. 3 vols.
Philadelphia, 1903.
The Family of William Penn. Philadelphia, 1899.
Sharpless, I. Selections from the Works of William Penn. With intro-
duction. 1909.
A History of Quaker Government in Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Philadelphia,
1900.
Stoughton, J. William Penn, the Founder of Pennsylvania. 1882.
IV. Isaac PENINGTON
The Holy Truth and People Defended. 1672.
The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely Distressed Isaac Penington.
1681. 3rd ed. 4 vols. 1784.
Letters of Isaso Penington, written to his Relations and Friends. Ed.
Kendall, J. 1796.
Barclay, J. Letters of Isaac Penington. The greater part not before
published. 1828.
Selections from the works of Isaac Penington. 1837.
Binns, H. B. Selections from the works of Isaac Penington. With intro-
duction. 1909.
V. ROBERT BARCLAY
A Catechism and Confession of Faith. 1673.
Theses Theologica. (In Latin. ) Amsterdam, 1674. (In English. ) London,
1711.
The Anarchy of the Ranters and other Libertines. 1676.
An Apology for the True Christian Divinity: being an Explanation and
Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers.
1st ed. 1678. Many subsequent eds.
Allen, W. Selections from the Apology of Robert Barclay. 1837.
Biography, etc.
Armistead, W. A Memoir of Robert Barclay, the Author of the Apology,
with some Account of his Father, Colonel David Barclay. Manchester,
1850.
VI. THOMAS ELLWOOD
Rogero-Mastix: a Rod for William Rogers. 1685. [Verse. ]
A Collection of Poems on various Subjects. [n. d. ]
The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood . . . written by his own hand.
To which is added a Supplement by J. W. (Joseph Wyeth.
as private, libraries; particularly that of the late Lord Somers. 2nd ed.
Ed. Scott, Walter. 1812. [Vols. VII, VIII, ix and x contain some restor-
ation satires. ]
The Harleian Miscellany, a Collection of Pamphlets and Tracts,. . . selected
from the Library of Edward Harley, second Earl of Oxford. 1809.
(Quarto edition. ) (Vols. I, II, IV, V, VII and vil contain a few restoration
satires. )
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412
Bibliography
Poems on Affairs of State. (Vols. III and iv (q. v. under I (6)) contain a few
Lists of Goods etc. in proge. ]
The Popish Courant. 1678-83. (This was a satiric supplement attached
to Harry Care's Whig periodical, A Paoquet (later The Weekly Pacquet)
of Advice from Rome. ]
Mercurias Bifrons: or, The English Janus, the one side true and serious,
the other jocular. 1681.
(Flatman, Thos. ] Heraclitus Ridens; or, A Discourse between Jest and
Earnest, where many a True Word is pleasantly spoken in opposition to
all Libellers against the Government. 1681-2. [Tory. ]
The Observator, in dialogue . . . by Sir Roger L'Estrange. 1681-7. Joanna
Brome, William Abingdon and Charles Brome in succession. [Tory.
Has a satiric element. ]
The Weekly Discoverer Strip'd Naked, or, Jest and Earnest expos'd to
Public View in his Proper Colours. Feb. -Mar. 1681. (Whig opponent
of Heraclitus Ridens. ]
The Observator Observ'd; or Protestant Observations upon Anti-Protestant
Pamphlets, by way of question and answer. May 1681. (Whig opponent
of The Observator. ]
III. MODERN CRITICAL WORKS
Birrell, A. Andrew Marvell. (English Men of Letters Series. ) 1905.
Courthope, Prof. W. J. A History of English Poetry, rol. iv. 1903.
(Appreciations of Marvell and Oldham. ]
Fox Bourne, H. R. English Newspapers. Chapters in the History of
Journalism. 2 vols. 1887. [Vol. 1, chaps. II and 11 deal with English
Journalism between 1660 and 1700. ]
Gosse, E. W. Seventeenth Century Studies. 1883. [Contains an essay on
Otway. ]
Hannay, J. English Political Satires. Quarterly Review, vol. ci, April
1857.
Williams, J. B. History of English Journalism to the foundation of the
Gazette. 1908. [See, also, vol. VII, chap. xv, of the present work. ]
Articles on Marvell (Firth, C. H. ), Oldham (Ward, A. W. ), and others in
D. of N. B. ; and on Marvell (Smith, Goldwin), and Oldham (Ward, A. W. )
in vol. 11 of the English Poets. Selections . . . ed. Ward, T. H. 1880. See,
also, Introductions to their editions of Marvell's Works by Aitken, G. A. , and
Grosart, A. B. , and vol. VII, chap. VII of the present work.
CHAPTER IV
THE EARLY QUAKERS
I. GENERAL
Joseph Smith's Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books, in 3 vols. , with
Supplement (published in 1867, but kept up to date), may be consulted at
the Friends' Library, Devonshire House, Bishopsgate. See, also, his
Bibliotheca Anti-Qaakeriana (1873), for books adverse to the Society of
Friends.
The Swarthmore Manuscripts, unpublished, form a collection of about 1400
original seventeenth century letters, papers, etc. , which was preserved at
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Swarthmore Hall, Ulverston, till 1759, when it was dispersed on the sale of the
estate. The papers are being gradually collected again, and are preserved at
the Friends' Library, Devonshire House, Bishopsgate.
Barclay, A. R. Letters, &c. of Early Friends, illustrative of the History of
the Society from its Origin to George Fox's Decease. 1841.
Barclay, R. (of Reigate). The Inner Life of the Religious Societies of the
Commonwealth. 1876.
Beck, W. The Friends: who they are and what they have done. 1892.
Besse, J. A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers from
1650 to 1689. 1753.
Braithwaite, W. C. The Beginnings of Quakerism. (To be published immedi-
ately. Drawn from original and, to a large extent, contemporary sources.
The most accurate history of the origin of Quakerism yet written. ]
Spiritual Guidance in the Experience of the Society of Friends. . 1909.
Burr, Anna R. The Autobiography: a Critical and Comparative Study.
Boston, 1909.
Clarkson, T. A Portraiture of Quakerism. 1806.
Combe, C. La Révélation intérieure immédiate d'après l'Apologie de Robert
Barclay. Montauban. 1894.
Croese, G. The General History of the Qnakers. 1696.
Emmott, Elizabeth B. The Story of Quakerism. Published for the Friends”
Central Education Committee. 1908.
Gough, J. A History of the People called Quakers. 4 vols. Dublin,
1789-90.
Grubb, E. Authority and the Light Within. 1908.
Hancock, T. The Peculium: an endeavour to throw light on some of the
causes of decline of the Society of Friends. 1859.
Harvey, T. E. The Rise of the Quakers. 1905.
James, W. The Varieties of Religious Experience. 1902.
Janney, S. M. History of the Religious Society of Friends, from its Rise to
the year 1828. 4 vols. Philadelphia, 1859-67.
Jones, R. M. Studies in Mystical Religion. 1909.
Children of the Light. 1909. (A little Book of Selections. ]
Penn, William. A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People
called Quakers. 1694. [Introduction to Fox's Journal; but also printed
separately. ]
Penney, N. The First Publishers of Truth: Early Records of the Intro-
duction of Quakerism into the Counties of England and Wales. Intro-
duction by Hodgkin, T. 1907.
Rowntree, J. S. Quakerism Past and Present: an Inquiry into the Causes
of its Decline. 1859.
Sewel, W.
The History of the Rise, Increase and Progress of the Christian
People called Quakers. 1722.
Webb, Maria. The Fells of Swarthmore Hall and their Friends. 1865.
The Penns and Peningtons of the Seventeenth Century. 1867.
II. GEORGE Fox
A. Writings
George Fox's Journal. The original manuscript, believed to have been
written by Thomas Lower and others at Fox's dictation, has now been published
verbatim, by the Cambridge University Press, introduction by Harvey, T. E. ,
annotated by Penney, Norman, 2 vols. , 1911.
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414
Bibliography
8
The Great Mistery of the Great Whore Unfolded. 1659.
A Battle-door for Teachers and Professors to learn Singular and Plural:
You to many, and Thou to one. George Fox, John Stubs, Benjamin
Furly. 1660.
A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian
Experiences, and Labours of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that
Ancient Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox.
[Edited, and corrected into grammatical English, by Thomas Ellwood,
Fox's literary executor, and other Friends. ] With preface by Penn,
William. 1694. Many subsequent eds.
The Journal. 8th (Bicentenary) ed. 2 vols. 1891. With corrections, and
map. 2 vols. 1902-3.
A Collection of Epistles. 1698.
Gospel Truth Demonstrated, in a Collection of Doctrinal Books. 1796.
B. Biography and Criticism
Beck, W. Six Lectures on George Fox and his Times. 1877.
Bickley, A. C. George Fox and the Early Quakers. 1884.
Hodgkin, T. George Fox. Leaders of Religion Series. 1896.
Janney, S. M. Life of George Fox. Philadelphia, 1853.
Jones, R. M. George Fox, an Autobiography. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1903.
1 vol. London, 1904.
Rowntree, J. S. The Life and Character of George Fox. Lecture to
University Extension Students at Oxford. 1894.
An Inquiry into the Truthfulness of Lord Macaulay's Portraiture of
George Fox, 1861.
Spurgeon, C. H. George Fox. An Address. 1866.
Stähelin, Margaret. George Fox: Aufzeichnungen und Briefe des ersten
Quakers Mit einer Einführung von Wernle, P. Tübingen, 1908.
III. WILLIAM PENN
A. Writings
A first complete edition of the works of William Penn is now being pre-
pared by Myers, Albert Cook, of Philadelphia.
A Collection of the Works of William Penn. To which is prefixed a Journal
of his Life. Ed. Besse, Joseph. 2 vols. 1726.
An Index to William Penn's Works By · Philalethes' (Henry Portsmouth).
1730.
The Sandy Foundation Shaken. 1668.
Innocency with her Open Face. 1669.
No Cross No Crown. 1669. Many subsequent eds.
No Cross No Crown. With introduction by Hilton, J. Deane. 1902.
Some Fruits of Solitude. 1st ed. , 1693. Many subsequent eds.
Some Fruits of Solitude. With introduction by Gosse, Edmund. 1901.
Some Fruits of Solitude. With introduction by Clifford, J. 1905.
Primitive Christianity Revived. 1696.
The Christian Quaker and his Divine Testimony Stated and Vindicated.
1699.
B. Biography and Criticism
Clarkson, Thomas. Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William
Penn. 2 vols. 1813.
Dixon, W. Hepworth. History of William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania.
1872.
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Jeffrey, F. Contributions to the Edinburgh Review. 1853. [Contains
reviews of Clarkson, T. , Portraiture of Quakerism, April 1807, and
Memoirs of Penn, July 1813. ]
Jenkins, H. M. (ed. ). Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal. 3 vols.
Philadelphia, 1903.
The Family of William Penn. Philadelphia, 1899.
Sharpless, I. Selections from the Works of William Penn. With intro-
duction. 1909.
A History of Quaker Government in Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Philadelphia,
1900.
Stoughton, J. William Penn, the Founder of Pennsylvania. 1882.
IV. Isaac PENINGTON
The Holy Truth and People Defended. 1672.
The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely Distressed Isaac Penington.
1681. 3rd ed. 4 vols. 1784.
Letters of Isaso Penington, written to his Relations and Friends. Ed.
Kendall, J. 1796.
Barclay, J. Letters of Isaac Penington. The greater part not before
published. 1828.
Selections from the works of Isaac Penington. 1837.
Binns, H. B. Selections from the works of Isaac Penington. With intro-
duction. 1909.
V. ROBERT BARCLAY
A Catechism and Confession of Faith. 1673.
Theses Theologica. (In Latin. ) Amsterdam, 1674. (In English. ) London,
1711.
The Anarchy of the Ranters and other Libertines. 1676.
An Apology for the True Christian Divinity: being an Explanation and
Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers.
1st ed. 1678. Many subsequent eds.
Allen, W. Selections from the Apology of Robert Barclay. 1837.
Biography, etc.
Armistead, W. A Memoir of Robert Barclay, the Author of the Apology,
with some Account of his Father, Colonel David Barclay. Manchester,
1850.
VI. THOMAS ELLWOOD
Rogero-Mastix: a Rod for William Rogers. 1685. [Verse. ]
A Collection of Poems on various Subjects. [n. d. ]
The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood . . . written by his own hand.
To which is added a Supplement by J. W. (Joseph Wyeth.
