Nice reverse calf binding example of an early Methodist periodical with excellent content. 

The Methodist Magazine, for 1813, being a continuation of The Arminian Magazine, first published by the Rev. John Wesley, A.M. Volume 36. London: Printed at the Conference-Office, 14, City-Road; by Thomas Cordeux, Agent. 520pp. 

Contents include:

*Biography of the Late Rev. David Simpson

*Sober-Mindedness Pressed upon Young People by Matthew Henry

*Arminius, and Arminians, in Holland

*Review of Bogue and Bennett’s History of Dissenters, cont.

*Remarkable Recovery of a Child, from a Fall

*An Act to repeal certain Acts, and amend other Acts, relating to Religious Worship and Assemblies and Persons teaching or preaching therein

*Extract of a Letter from John Kendrick, to William Rudd – Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope

*Extracts from the Works of Arminius, intituled, Declaratio Sententioe, or the Declaration of his Opinion, addressed to the States of Holland and Friesland

*The Indian Ichneumon

*An Account of the Ancient Druids

*Extracts from an Address to the Friends of the London Society: Account of the Conversion of a Jew at Leipsic

*Account of the Conversion of the Jew E. S. Schoenberg, of Poland, which took place in 1811, and is by himself thus related

*An Account of an astonishing Revival of Religion in North America from James Blackett

*Doctrines of the Arminians as Delivered at the Synod of Dort

*The Protestant Union, for the Defence and Support of the Protestant Religion and the British Constitution, as established at the Glorious Revolution, 1688

*On Popery

*Missionary Intelligence: Jamaica

*The Love of the World Incompatible with True Religion

*Letter from John Fox to Queen Elizabeth

*Memoir of the Rev. John Howe

*An Account of a Negro Sale

*Christianity in India

*A Short Defence of Christianity: Against Atheism, Natural and Philosophical Knowledge, Mahommedism, Judaism

*Extract of a Letter from John Kendrick, Cape-town, Cape of Good Hope

*Religious Intelligence: Ireland – to the Rev. Dr. Coke

*Extract of a Letter from Francis Asbury to Zachary Myles, Baltimore

*Remarkable Circumstance of a Persecutor

*A Letter from Philip Doddridge to a Lady

*Theology of the Theatre

*The Baptist Missions in India: Letter by William Carey

*Destruction of the Jewish Polity

*On the Admission of the Passions into Religion

*A Letter on Foreknowledge and Contingency

*On Absolute Predestination

*Memoir of Thomas Stanton by Alexander Weir

*Parliamentary Discussions on Christianity in India

*Thoughts on the Use and Abuse of Reason

*An Example of Honour, in Seagrove’s Account of an African Negro

Etc., etc., etc.

Full tooled, reverse calf; rather an unusual example. Contrasting morocco label, some rubbing as shown, just through at points, but on the whole quite an attractive item. Interior solid and clean with moderate foxing [as usual for this publication]. All engraved photographs called for present.