Welsh Journals

Praidd Bach y Bugail Mawr Eryti Mant White Disgrifiad Williams Pantycelyn o aelodau'r seiadau Methodistaidd yng Nghymru yw 'Praidd bach y Bugail Mawr', a thestun y gyfrol hon yw seiadau cynnar de- orllewin Cymru, o'r cychwyn cyntaf hyd at yr ymraniad rhwng arweinwyr y mudiad ym 1750. Canolbwyntia'n bennaf ar yr hen sir Gaerfyrddin, ond cynhwysir yn ogystal seiadau godre Ceredigion a gogledd Penfro. Prif nod y gyfrol yw ceisio olrhain hanes pobl gyffredin y seiat, gan roi pwyslais ar eu cefndir cymdeithasol ac economaidd a'r elfennau a'u denodd i ymuno â Methodistiaeth fore. 'Cryfder y gyfrol hon yw'r dyfyniadau lu i ddangos oetn oedd profiad y rhai a ru n Fethodistiaid yn y cyfnod hwn. Brithir y gwaith gyda dyfyniadau lu, sy'n ddiddorol a phwrpasol iawn, a gan luniau a graffiau eglur.' Y Gwyliedydd 243 tud. £ 12.95 1 85902 104 2 Gwalia iti Öiasia Nigel Jenkins Gwalia ìn Rhasia tells the extraordinary, and largely forgotten, story of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists' Mission (1841-1969) to the Khasi Hills in north-east India. The biggest overseas venture ever sustained by the Welsh turned 300,000 Khasis into hymn- singing Presbyterians, inaugurated literacy and literature, founded hospitals and schools and transformed the Khasis' world. But as the Welsh built they also destroyed. The missionaries came down hard, as had their forefathers in Wales, on all manifestations of 'pagan' culture. Nigel Jenkins, following in the footsteps of the first missionary, Thomas Jones, investigates the Welsh legacy, and celebrates the still vibrant culture of this little visited but astoundingly beautiful mountain realm. The book contains some fifty photographs, in both black and white and colour, by Martin Roberts. 324pp. £ 17.50 Hardback 1 85902 184 0 GOMER Gwasg Gomer, Llaindysul, Dyfed SA44 4BQ 01559 362371 01559 363758