This Is A New Release Of The Original 1886 Edition.

1886. The author states this work is a somewhat elaborate and accurate treatise on the authors and history of English hymns. Duffield would not have his readers think him capable of imposing on their credulity which every sort of ill-grounded or sentimental tradition concerning the origin or the use of these hymns. And as this is in no sense either a work of fiction or of dead statistics, Duffield confined himself to the truth as he found it, and mainly restrained a desire to indulge in the comparison of texts and the history of alterations.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

1886. The author states this work is a somewhat elaborate and accurate treatise on the authors and history of English hymns. Duffield would not have his readers think him capable of imposing on their credulity which every sort of ill-grounded or sentimental tradition concerning the origin or the use of these hymns. And as this is in no sense either a work of fiction or of dead statistics, Duffield confined himself to the truth as he found it, and mainly restrained a desire to indulge in the comparison of texts and the history of alterations.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

The author states this work is a somewhat elaborate and accurate treatise on the authors and history of English hymns. Duffield would not have his readers think him capable of imposing on their credulity which every sort of ill-grounded or sentimental tradition concerning the origin or the use of these hymns. And as this is in no sense either a work of fiction or of dead statistics, Duffield confined himself to the truth as he found it, and mainly restrained a desire to indulge in the comparison of texts and the history of alterations.