The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman ..
The standard volume of writings by John Woolman is Phillips Moulton's excellent 1971 critical edition of the Journal and his major essays, "A Plea for the Poor" and "Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes," Parts One and Two. There are however other works penned by John Woolman, and this reviewer knows of two other attempts in the last fifteen years to bring his lesser-known writings into print once again, so it is a pleasure to see that this effort has been successful. This volume's declared focus is on John Woolman as a writer, and so, after an astute introduction, it arranges his works chronologically, so that the reader can observe the development of his thought. All have been edited afresh from holographs, where extant, or from earliest existing printed editions, lightly modernized for ease of reading. Those who are familiar with Phillips Moulton's book will not find new material until page 87, although James Proud does base his text a "A Word of Remembrance & Caution to the Rich &c" (often better known by its alternative title, "A Plea for the Poor") on the holograph MS W. This manuscript was rediscovered and made available only after Oxford University Press had already set the pages to Moulton's book in type, and so MS W's variants to the text of this essay were relegated to an addendum in that volume. Readers familiar with Amelia Mott Gummere's 1922 edition of John Woolman's Journal and essays will recognize many of the remaining essays, which James Proud has usefully modernized and, in the case of Woolman's final essays of 1772, worked to restore to their original arrangement. Included in these treasures one can find John Woolman's reflections on labor, trade, schools, enslavement, economic justice, worship, church discipline, Christ's "peaceable government," the life of sailors, and more. John Woolman and the Affairs of Truth also contains some brief pieces never printed before. These include a parable on Noah's heirs as a means of reflecting on increasing militarism, notes and reflections on John Woolman's friend and fellow Quaker reformer Anthony Benezet's anti-enslavement work, A Caution and Warning to Britain, a fragment on patience and trusting in God, two letters on "high living" and "expensive customs," and thoughts on the use of silver vessels. James Proud has a particular interest in John Woolman's use of the Bible, and he notes numerous of the myriad citations and allusions found in these texts.
* - References are to Phillips P. Moulton, ed., The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman (Richmond, Indiana: Friends United Press, 1989). ()
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