Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The writer of the Memoir of the Rev. John Wil liams is induced to prepare another edition of The Redeemed Captive, and lay it before the public, on account of the repeated calls for this work. A great and growing interest in antiquarian research evinces the eagerness with which the present genera tion seek after the particular history of their ancestors, and the desire they feel of becoming acquainted with their privations and sufferings, their hardships and dan gers, in transmitting to them the beautiful heritage which they now occupy.