Laura Perry reproduced the text of Booth's second edition, compared it to the first edition and added explanatory footnotes.

Based on a careful and extensive study of the primary sources in three continents the book tells the story of the "maverick missionary" in Malawi, South Africa and Lesotho and of his efforts to find support in Australia, Britain and in the ...

In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.