28358 139 Copyright 1894 BY THE CHRIstian Literature Company. Revised Edition, Copyright 1905 BY THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY. PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION. THE fact that the present edition has been printed from new type has afforded the opportunity to make many changes in the text, almost all of which, however, have been in the line of greater clearness and precision. All errors of whatever kind, have, so far as known, been corrected, and a number of unintentional omissions have been remedied. The narrative has been brought up to date, and in every respect great pains have been taken to make the book still more worthy of the favor with which previous editions have been received. In this revision it has not been thought advisable to depart from the original plan of the work-that of presenting a short history, which, while giving what is essential to a clear understanding of the subject, makes no pretence of being exhaustive. It has been a source of great satisfaction to the authors, that, while their work has been criticised in matters of secondary importance, its spirit and the care with which it has been written have been recognized by Friends in general, as well as by the representative Journals of Quakerism— "The American Friend" (Orthodox), "The |