The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-04
BIBLE FASHIONS.
THE HISTORY OF BIBLE MAKING.
Progress In the Ma%nufnciur" OF Illus.
tratcd Ribir--Mr. M"ody's Ia
yoriIs-Amrrica In the Lead
la Their Manufacture.

A representative of one of the princi-
nal English bible publication houses new
gu one of his ~,ri-ycarly tours from New
York through the largest Western citl,s,
AID ns he pointed To r. III idll ni sitn'
pies of bibles and prayer books; Fash
ION enters into the bible business, aHC
he STYLES have never been so numerous
- nov. Whom Moody and Sa.kry e
IN the zenith al their lanI. in TINS cnn
nv, ii was observed that MI
Moody used bible bouu,.
I'M linn cuy,rs, ths leather of wheel
projected and turned down over IN"
edges. IL was II Bible published bN =
comparatively small London house, AN,
hal rs m appendix concordance ~
much chronological ana general biol"
Information, such ~ u description "i u
animals, mountains, etc mentioned ~
me Bible. Although this Bible r"ta'lea
u high ~ Sli, every Bible student wa
,ouud To- have ~ % as II wa
iouni that MIR. Moody used me- and Il.
publishers made a iorlu IL and ,corhiul
Y rejected oyertures from one of the irh
II Bible publishing houses IN Lonion'
Then the latter company, when ENJOY
he title of the Quccn's publishers. en-
pioStd bible students, who wrote ma,
cr for an appendix IA exhaustive n
hat of the binieused Nv Mr.. Moody, ana
We have sol. u million nj u quarter q
tlcnI. This Immense sale was larger
dine 10 the interest The iibl" study IN
cited by Moody and Sankey. The r.
yi.ei Now Testament had an iinineis'
ale for "A while, and then fell Hat, an
very few are sold now, the old version
icing demanded. II took fifty wears t.
introduce the King James version, ano
the people will be just AZ slo" III accept
iug The latest Translation.
..'riie English can undcrS"l the Aiiie'
cans i'm small bibles and pray"r-b,nk'
put the Americans hav. "a monopoly
lhe sale of large family and pulpit ID
hles, Very iew illustrated bibles ar
demanded, the bore bible being Ill"
most popular Of these. Limp TurkeN
.,urocco bin ling il all the go now. Tho
turkey morocco that is used III thtst
findings is technically called iersia''
.aaiher, and is goat skin tame ~ fef
ia. Ii is easily worked and embossed
love a hundred d'iler'ht styles; il'r'
/, al imitation of leopard skin, mere a.
armad:ilo she'll, and here of ivory. Then
here are the Renaissance calf, the MI
,pprsian, the India Per ian, and the gell
inc antique %crocuiilu bindings, a SINAI
llble bound in the latter style selling foi
10. Episcopal prayer-books and hymn
onks are bound sapar itrlv md tNr.os"i
together in a sort Of portfolio, with an
iIgeniOusiy arranged .'aiu.u. We az
compelled, by the rules of the church.. u
ind them in two distinct volumes, be D..
use we have to pay a royalty of 10 per
ent. on the hymlnal, which money goe-
. he fund for the support Of indisoh'
as ors. Catholic prayer-books are -
yroiitabla hrtn"li : tra'ot because th"rt
g so Il Any ', rs.on.. Th y aIe all the
m in s.bs suaa and yet n',ler N
81 orIs an | titles, such Az "rhe keyo '
,.eav,n,' etc. There are three grna'
pible publishing houses in London. Tht
united number is due to the fact tina
rye capital is required to successfully
,nn,Inct the h~nsinrss. NV firm is one oi
hese extensive houses. They call them
elves the Queens printers, anu thei'
gtIt t. do So arises from u patent cent
u les old.
9TH 1876 the printing OF the Englisi
Bible was Oren to anyone VINO CoilIu uD
ain the ROY al license, but few were able
- do so. Wilkes, Queen Elizabeth
ambassador To France, Holland anG
Germany, was for some I'm pli!lieSenn
~ her niaje>ty's printer in the EngiiNh
language. This nntert was sold in par
TO John Juggc, son OF the printer OF the
bishops bible. but Il great cutlery wa
raised against the monopoly ana mum
Der of people ON ono occasion openly
denounced it. Another and more eXtcn
i've patent was sold by Wilkes to Chris
lopher Barker for a great uln In loSt
Barker obtained a direct Pateil'
or himself and his son Rob
ert. Robert extended his patent"
10 1917. The patent was for a time as
signed 10 Bonbam Norton and John
niie, but in lts5 Robert Barker paid IGoo
t,r anothe. G&fension. The Bakers IN
,.rrstlasled 1870 wears, expiring In l7W
when it became the property OF the
Baskets. who sold it for flo,OW to tn
ancestors of our house. The first Bib"
ever printed in this country il nov
uwned by Mr.. T.. Hooker, away, up ~
the Pocuno mountains. Pennsylvania
: no has refused $4,000 for it,. Som"
wretched vandul tore cut the title pag.
but forgot to remove the title page oI
no New Testament, which bears tn
imprint Of Christopher Baker, whom !
ave just mentioned Cleveland Her