Signatures (estimated) : [5] gatherings of [8] leaves ; [1] gathering (4th) of [6] leaves ; wove paper

111 hymns ; without music ; each headed by title, source, and page number in source

Includes index : "Index of first lines -- p. 94-96

Copyright statement : dated 1866 -- p. [2]

Preface : "These hymns have been selected from the six most popular Sunday school music books of the day ... in answer to repeated applications from mission and other schools not able to supply themselves fully with the music books ..." -- p. [2]

Includes verses by L. Baxter, Mrs. E. M. Sangster, Kate Cameron, William Hunter, Fanny Crosby, Lily, and George Lansing Taylor

Yellow paper covers ; front cover bears t.p. information ; back cover bears advertisement for publisher ; signatures sewn with single thread ; paper covers adhered directly to spine

Frank Metcalf's bookplate -- front pastedown

Covers torn and soiled ; adhesive dried and detaching ; textblock acidic and brittle

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