The Home Circle: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Religion and Literature. Edited By L.D. Huston. Vol. I
Nashville, Tenn. E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen, Agents, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 1855. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Item #027904
iv (contents) + 572 pages. The contents arranged alphabetically in three sections: (general) Contents; Poetry; Editorial Department. Illustrations include a bird's-eye view of Charleston, South Carolina engraved by Welltsood & Peters after a drawing by J.W. Hill. Also with engraved portraits: Rev. Valentine Cook, A.M.; Rev. William Capers, D.D. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South; Wm. Winans, D.D. of the Mississippi Conference; Rev. A.L.P. Green, D.D.; Rev. George F. Pierce, D.D., one of the Bishops of the M.E. Church South by T.B. Welch from a daguerreotype; Robert Newton; Rev. Hezekiah G. Leigh of the North Carolina Conference; The Rev. Joseph Travis, A.M.; Rev. Jonathan Stamper of the Kentucky Conference and other landscape or inspirational illustrations, including of the Cortelyou House, A Relic of 1776 (Long Island). The text with a miscellany of topics: A Voyage from China and Arrival in London by Rev. Charles Taylor, D.D.; The East India Trade by Professor Bonnell; My Little Pet by Lizzie Clarendon; Death of a Child by John Pierpont; Our Missionaries to China (a series); The Last Wampanoag by Rev. A.B. Erwin, A.M.; Incidents in Missionary Life by the Rev. J.B. M'Ferrin D.D.; A Christmas Hymn by Alfred Dommett; The Cinnamon Island (Ceylon); Spirit-Rappings by Rev. H.S. Thrall; The Close of the Year poem by Mrs. Norton; also fashion & dress; literary & biographical news; gardening, prayer, obituaries & notices of the activities of the living; book reviews and periodicals. Approx. 7 1/4" x 9 7/8" size; bound in brownish-gray cloth, black leather spine and corners; simple gilt rules, gilt titles & sober decorations on spine; marbled endpapers; previous ownership name of C.F. M'Ouat stamped in gilt on spine at bottom edge. Some edge, tips wear to the binding; occasional spotting and finger-soiling; in very good condition.
Price: $125.00