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57. Woodward, Josiah, 1660-1712. [also attributed to Defoe]

An account of the societies for reformation of manners, in England and Ireland : with a persuasive to persons of all ranks, to be zealous and diligent in promoting the execution of the laws against prophaneness and debauchery; for the effecting a national reformation / Published with the approbation of a considerable number of the lords spiritual and temporal, and honourable judges of both kingdoms. 3rd ed. (London : Printed for B. Aylmer, and A. Bell [etc.], 1700)

57. Woodward, Josiah, 1660-1712. [also attributed to Defoe]

After the accession of William and Mary in 1688, there was a reaction against the licentiousness of the Restoration period, and Societies for the Reformation of Manners were formed to attempt to influence authorities to legislate against immorality. The portrait frontispiece shows King William III.

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