THIRD EDITION THE PILGRIM FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND And Their Puritan Successors BY THE Rev. JOHN BROWN, D.D., Author of "John Bunyan: His Life, Times and Work.” Introduction by the Rev. A. E. Dunning, D.D., Editor of "The Congregationalist." WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ORIGINAL Drawings By CHARLES WHYMPER, AN INDEX, AND A BIbliography. "An admirable and much-needed book, scholarly, accurate, temperate, and extremely interesting."-DR. JOHN FISKE. "The Pilgrim Fathers live and move and endure and overcome in his pages: to have told their story worthily is his highest praise."- The Bookman. "Of especial interest to American readers are the chapters dealing with the Puritans in their English homes."-The Brooklyn Eagle. "Of decided historical importance."-The Outlook. "A fine example of scholarly and popular qualities combined. It is sufficiently learned to command the respect of historical students, and also popular enough in manner to afford enjoyable reading for all."-The Congregationalist. 1 "An important contribution."-The Book Buyer. Highly attractive."—The Independent (N. Y.). "A remarkably vivid narrative that brings before us the men of the Mayflower and their associates as men of flesh and blood.”—The Christian World. IN THE OLD WORLD AND IN THE NEW FROM ITS INCEPTION IN THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH THEOCRACY IN NEW ENGLAND A HISTORICAL HANDBOOK BY THE REV. J. GREGORY EDINBURGH INTRODUCTION BY THE REV. AMORY H. BRADFORD, D.D. AUTHOR OF "THE PILGRIM IN OLD ENGLAND" NEW YORK · CHICAGO TORONTO 1896 233 INTRODUCTION. THE last few years have witnessed a real revival of interest in the subject of Puritanism. It has been studied with an earnestness and thoroughness which has not been equalled in the present century. It is difficult to determine the cause of this revival. Since the meeting of the International Council of Congregational Churches, which convened in London in 1891, the interest has been on the increase in England and in America, and several important works on the subject have appeared in both countries. Among them all, few, if any, have been more scholarly or comprehensive than the one which it is now my privilege to introduce to American readers. Its characteristics are perspicuity and careful scholarship. Its style is admirably clear, and the arrangement of the topics careful and discriminating, so that they may be easily read and remembered. It is essentially what its author styles it-a "handbook." I do not know any volume which, within the same limits, presents so much and such valuable information on the subject with which it deals. The author, the Rev. J. Gregory, of Edinburgh, has not heretofore been known in this country. He belongs to the class of quiet but earnest students who are known to |