The soldier's prayer book, or The pack of cards spiritualized : Showing how one Richard Middleton, was taken before the mayor of the city he was in, for usins [sic] cards in church during divine service, being a droll, merry, and humerous account of an odd affair that happened to a private soldier in the 66th regiment of foot.
[Manchester] : Bebbington, printer, 26, Goulden-Street, Oldham Road, Manchester,
[1855-1861?]
Dated from the British Book Trade Index.
First line reads: The sergeant commanded his party to the church, and when the parson was ended his prayer, he took his text, and all of them that had a Bible pulled it out to find the text, but this soldier had neither Bible, almanac, nor common prayer book, but put his hand in his pocket and pulled uot [sic] a pack of cards and spread them before him, so he sat.
In two columns.