"Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1868, by Biglow & Main, in the Clerk's Office of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York"--t.p. verso

256 numbered hymns, choruses, duets, solos, etc., mostly with music, for 227 tunes [short title header at text] (indicating title or tune name and meter, author or origin, occasional composer or source or copyright, cited scripture)--p. [3]-188

Hymn [nos.] sharing single tune : 21-22, 24-25, 36-37, 38-39, 40-41, 42-43, 44-45, 112-113, 139-140, 141-142, 144-145, 146-147, 149-150, 154-155, 161-163, 164-165, 173-174, 177-178, 180-182, 186-187, 188-189, 198-201, 202-204, 205-207, 208-210, 211-212, 213-214, 218-219, 220-221, 222-224, 225-228, 229-232, 233-235, 236-238, 240-241, 243-244, 246-248, 249-250, 251-252. [Hymn no. 159 is for single voice only]

Includes index--[4] p. at end

"... within limits ... collection of Christian Melodies, 'both old and new.' It affords material for the praise spirit of the conference meeting, and the less formal exercises of the home circle .... avoid ... trivialities ... does not descend ot anything ... objectionable .... contains no old song that has not won ... lodgment among the Lord's people ...."--Preface [t.p. verso.]

Tan paperboard covers ["yellow-back" edition] with black linen [patterned sand-grain] spine : front with full title, editors' statement, publishers' information and address--withing triple-line frame border [ornate vines at corners] ; back with publishers' advertisements

Paper highly acidic and brittle. Covers worn

C.S. Nutter's occasional inscriptions indicating authorship for individual hymns throughout

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