1839/1840 ASA BULLARD. Sabbath School Visitor by Emily Dickinson's Uncle.

Excellent reading in these two years of Asa Bullard's periodical for the poor and young during the Westward Expansion era.  Born in 1804, Bullard served as the editor and secretary of the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society from 1834 until 1875. Aside from the American Tract Society, Bullard's editorial choices probably did more to influence America's young than just about any other figure of the time.  Bullard has taken on significant interest over the years for his relationship and correspondence with his niece, Emily Dickinson.  Contents for 1839 include: Mrs. Champion's Account of the Inhabitants of Cape Town, Africa [Ginani]; Wonderful Results from an Humble Effort [John Williams, Missionary and Martyr in the South Seas]; The Abandoned Orphan; Revivals among the Young; Parental Authority; The Zulus and the Cruelty of the Dingann by Mrs. Susan Champion; God's Power and Man's Dependence; History of the Shorter Catechism; The Pious Negro; Revival in a Massachusetts School; The Teach