OF THE REV. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, M.A., With Biographical Sketch. BY THE REV. J. B. WAKELEY, Author of "Anecdotes of the Wesleys." NOTE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION. EVERYTHING connected with Whitefield is invested with interest. His biography, in the varied forms in which it has been presented to the public, has a charm for all readers. This little volume, by an American author, condenses as in a focus some of the brightest rays of his brilliant life. Whilst what is old is re-cast, and shines with the lustre imparted by a skilful hand, there is much that is new, gathered from rare documents hitherto but little known. As the richness and beauty of a locality are attested by its veins of valuable mineral and remarkable forms of vegetation, so a man's life is best illustrated by anecdotes which reveal his idiosyncracies, and striking incidents which throw |