Reminiscences of the Early Life and Missionary Labours of the Rev. John Edwards, Fifty Years a Weslyan Missionary in South Africa.

£200 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A pioneering missionary in South Africa, Edwards was drawn to a religious life and sailed for the Cape in 1832. “Mr Edwards’ narrative is full of incident, and his experiences show him to have been a man of courage, energy and resource” (Mendelssohn). The work is edited by WM Clifford Holden who allows Edwards to speak “in his own plain, racy, pungent manner” (Preface). Hosken, p65; Mendelssohn, pp511-2.

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