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Books and Periodicals.

Browne, M.D., Rev. William Clarke, Adam (I760?-1832).

  • The History of Missions or, the Propagation of Christianity among the Heathen, since the Reformation. First American Edition in two volumes. Vols. 1- 2 Philadelphia : B. Coles, 1816. Vol. I pp. 521 vol. II 570 pp.

Edwards, B. B. (1802-1852)

  • The Missionary gazetteer; comprising a geographical and statistical account of the various stations of the American and foreign Protestant missionary societies of all denominations, with their progress in evangelization and civilization. Illustrated by Engravings. Boston, W. Hyde & co., 1832. This Gazetteer has been prepared upon the basis of a volume published in London, in 1828, by Mr. Charles Williams."-Advertisement to the American ed. 2 p. l., [ix]-xi, 13-431 p. front., plates. 21 cm. 
  • http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001413749.

Leonard, Rev. Delavan L.

  • A Hundred Years of Missions or the Story of Progress since Carey's Beginning. New York, London and Toronto: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1895. 430pp.

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The Christian Examiner and Theological Review

  • The Christian Examiner and Theological Review. vol. II. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Co., 1825. 480pp. 

Church Missionary Gleaner (London 1841-1921).

The Church Missionary Gleaner was the main periodical of the CMS running from 1841 to 1921. Became CM Outlook (1922-1972).

 Second Series:

  • The Church Missionary Gleaner  vol. IV 1877
  • The Church Missionary Gleaner vol. V  1878
  • The Church Missionary Gleaner  vol. XIII 1886
  • The Gleaner Pictorial Album vol. 2 India, Ceylon, and Mauritius, London: Church Missionary House, 1888.
  • The Church Missionary Gleaner  vol. XVIII 1891.
  • The Church Missionary Gleaner  vol. XIX 1892.
  • The Church Missionary Gleaner   vol. XX 1893.
  • The Church Missionary Gleaner  vol. XXI 1894
  • The Church Missionary Gleaner  vol. XXII 1895.
  • The Church Missionary Gleaner   vol. XXIII 1896

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Missionary Review of the World

  • [40 = XL. 1927] The Missionary Review of the World. Vol.1 Old Series. Vol. XL New Series. 1927. 966pp.

The Panoplist & Missionary Herald.

See : http://www.congregationallibrary.org/periodicals/panoplist.

"In the early 19th century, missionaries from across the United States travelled to mission fields around the world. Many of their letters and reports were collected and republished for the edification of those back home. One such publication in New England was the Panoplist, which later merged with the Massachusetts Missionary Magazine and eventually became the Missionary Herald."

Issues of the Panoplist and Missionary Herald and related publications can be found within the Internet Archive and Google Book Search. as well as other online resources. See  further :

The Panoplist 1805-1829.

  • Vol.1. 1804-5. The Panoplist for the year ending June, 1805. Conducted by an Association of friends to Evangelical Truth. + Appendix. Thoughts on the Trinity (34pp.) Boston: E. Lincoln, Water Street. 568pp.  (Reprint.).
  • Vol. I [sic.] The Panoplist and Missionary Magazine for the Year Ending June, 1, 1809," Volume I. New Series, Boston: Farrand, Mallory, and Co. 1809.  576pp.
  • Vol.  II [2]. 1807. The Panoplist for the year ending June, 1807. Volume the second. Boston, 1807. 584pp.
  • Vol.  II [2]. 1810. The Panoplist for the year ending June 1, 1810. Volume II New Series. Boston, 1810. 576pp.
  • Vol.  III [3]. 1811. The Panoplist for the year ending June 1, 1811. Volume III New Series. Boston : Samuel T. Armstrong, 1811. 576pp.+ Sermpn appended
  • Vol. IV [4]
  • Vol. V [5] 1812-1813 (n.s.) The Panoplist and Missionary Magazine for the Year Ending June 1, 1813," Volume V. New Series, Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, Cornhill, 1813. 578 pp. Issues begin with June, 1812, No. 1., Vol. V., and end June 1, 1813. + second copy, first few pages and covers missing.
  • Vol. VI [6].
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  • Vol. VIII [8].
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  • Vol. X [10].  1814. The Panoplist and Missionary Magazine for the Year 1814. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong. 1814. 576pp.
  • Vol. XI [11]. 1815. The Panoplist and Missionary Magazine for the Year 1815. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong. 1815. 576pp.
  • Vol. XII [12] 1816. The Panoplist and Missionary Magazine for the Year 1816. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1816. 576 pp. 
  • Vol. XIII [13] 1817. The Panoplist and Missionary Magazine for the Year 1817. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1817. 576 pp.
  • Vols. XIV [14]. The Panoplist and Missionary Magazine for the Year 1818. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1818. 576 pp.
  • Vols. XV [15]. The Panoplist and Missionary Magazine for the Year 1819. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1819. 576 pp.
  • Vols. XVI [16]. The Panoplist and Missionary Magazine for the Year 1820. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1820. 576 pp.

The Missionary Herald containing the Proceedings of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

  • http://library.hanover.edu/pdf/PA14_MissionHerald.pdf
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  • Vol. III -The Missionary Herald containing the proceedings of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.   pp.
  • Vol. XVIII
  • Vol. XIX
  • Vol. XX
  • Vol. XXI
  • Vol. XXII
  • Vol. XXIII
  • Vol. XXIV
  • Vol. XXVII (2, 3, 7-9 +11-12).
  • Vol. XXX (7).
  • Vol. XXXII
  • Vol. XXXVI
  • Vols. XXXVIII - LII [38-52]. Complete.
  • Vol. LIII The Missionary Herald containing the proceedings of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1857. 408+ pp.
  • Vol. LIV.
  • Vols. LVI-LXIX [56-69] Complete.
  • Vol. LXVI. The Missionary Herald ... Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1870
  • Vols.LXXI-LXXXVIII [71-88]. Complete.
  • Vols. XC-CXIV [90-114]. Complete.
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Partial, Topical Reprints

  • The Missionary Herald: Reports from Ottoman Syria 1818-1870
    by Kamal Suleiman Salibi, Yūsuf Q. Khūrī,  "Published for Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies Amman, Jordan", 5 Vols. 1995,  2210 pp.  ISBN 189775051X *

  • The Missionary Herald: Reports from Northern Iraq 1833-1870. 3 vols. by Kamal Suleiman Salibi, Yūsuf Q. Khūrī,  "Published for Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies Amman, Jordan", 3 Vols. 1997,  XXX pp.  ISBN 1897750536.*

The Juvenile Missionary Herald.

London, Baptist Missionary Society published 47 vols. in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

See Hathi Trust : http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100009173

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Zeitschrift für Missionskunde und Religionswissenschaft.

Organ des Allgemeinen evangelisch- protestantischen Missionsvereins.

Heidelberg

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Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft.

Prof. Dr. Joseph Schmidlin (1876-1944), Catholic Church historian and missiologist. 

  • Vol. I (1911). Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft. Prof. Dr. [Joseph] Schmidlin [1876-1944]  Munster: ... 375pp.
  • Vol. II (1912). Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft. Prof. Dr. Schmidlin Munster: 1912. 363pp.
  • Vol. III (1913). Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft. Prof. Dr. Schmidlin, Munster:  1913. 372pp.
  • Vol. IV (1914). Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft. Prof. Dr. Schmidlin, Munster:   1914. 352pp.
  • Vol. V (1915). Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft.  Prof. Dr. Schmidlin, Munster:   1915. 364pp.

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