"The Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century" by Edwin Paxton Hood is a classical book that covers the revival period in Britain. This skillfully written piece of work gives you a perspective of that period. The author in this book, sheds more light on the culture and civilization of that time and how this revival period changed the society. Edwin Paxton Hood does an excellent job of describing the circumstances leading up to and surrounding John and Charles Wesley's as well as George Whitefield's missions. The chapters were initially published as vignettes in the Religious Tract Society's weekly magazine, The Sunday at Home.