The _Pilgrim's Progress_, which has been translated into
seventy-one languages and has passed through more editions
than any other book except the Bible, originally appeared in
1678, a second edition came out in the same year and a third
edition in 1679. Bunyan made numerous additions to the second
and third editions. The second part of _Pilgrim's Progress_
appeared in 1684.
Bunyan's literary activity was phenomenal when it is
remembered that he had little early education. In all he
produced sixty books and pamphlets, all devoted to spreading
the faith to which he devoted his life. Among the best known
of his works besides _Pilgrim's Progress_ is _The Holy War_,
_The Holy City_, _Grace Abounding in the Chief of Sinners_,
_The Life and Death of Mr. Badman_.
The best short life of Bunyan is that by James Anthony Froude
in _English Men of Letters Series_ (New York, 1880).
Macaulay's essay on Bunyan ranks with his noble essay on
Milton. Other lives are those by Southey, Dr. J. Brown and
Canon Venables.