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On the trail of John WesleyWesley's tourON THE TRAIL OF JOHN WESLEY As the title perhaps suggests this is not so much a biography of John Wesley as a guidebook for those who wish to retrace the very same physical paths he himself travelled. Each chapter explores a particular territory - e.g. Scotland, Georgia, Ireland - and in a very light-hearted style chronicles the churches and other Wesleyan heritage sites that may be of interest to Christian 'amateur historians'. Clearly this work is a subject close to the author's heart. Mr. Cheetham represents the Methodist church on the 'Churches Tourism Association', and at times there is a tendency for the text to lose sight of Wesley and to stray instead into general Methodist history and trivia. As with a guidebook, the author assumes that the reader is actually 'on location' with book in hand and it is not easily read otherwise. However, one thing that a book of this sort will always bring out is the reality of Wesley as a person - his energy, zeal and self-discipline. In this, the tercentenary year of his birth, it is surely a blessing to be able to travel to any region of this country and still be able to see such a multitude of evidences for the great work of God wrought through the man John Wesley. Stephen J. Doggett,
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