Welsh Journals

THE JOURNAL OF THE Welsh Bibliographical Society VOL. I. AUGUST, 1914. No. 7. Bibliography of Quaker Literature in the English Language relating to Wales. Of all sections of the Christian Church, the Quakers have probably been the most prolific writers of religious and controversial tracts, if we compare their literary output with their numerical strength. This is especially true of the first generation of Quakers. They counted in their midst some men of learning, who had been educated at the great Universities, but a great many of their writers were unlearned in as far at any rate as the knowledge of books was concerned. It was, however, a characteristic of the times that so-called ignorant men should rush into print, and if any justification were needed, surely the works of John Bunyan and the Diary of George Fox would supply it. At a later period many of the descendants of these despised Quaker controversialists, inheriting not only the passion for Truth which distinguished their ancestors, but also a literary directness more refined and cultured, have won for themselves a high place in the fields of litera- ture and science. From the earliest period the Quakers were careful to preserve their records, and to keep green the memory of their more zealous adherents by publishing their Journals,