Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-25
THE REVISED OLD TESTAMENT.
Tho Work Completed and the Bibles to b
Issued on May FL.

The Work Completed and the Bibles to be
Issued ON May FL.
New YoRK, April 20.-The revision Of the
Sid testament has been completed, and on
May 81 the new version will be issued stimuli
saneously in London, New Y ork and Phila,
delphia. This version il the joint property
If the universities Of Oxford and Cambridge,
and each university will issue its own edition,
although both will be printed from plate
made from one set Of types. For the Amer.
can trade Thomas Nelson & So ms, of No AZ
Blocker street. New York, will control the
Oxford bible, and Lippincott, Of Philadel-
ohia, win act as agents for the Cambridge.
The Harpers, Of this city, will also have an
edition Of the Cambridge old testament, which
will correspond with their own reprint of
he revised new testament, published three
years ago. They will have only one style, in
plea type and in four octave volumes, max
ng the volumes of the old and new testa-
nents The binding will be in brown cloth
with red edges and the four volumes
will be sold for $40. The Nelson's will offer
variety Of styles on the day of issue, and a
,opy Of the complete bible, printed in pearl
type and bound in cloth, may be had for 81,
,r the purchaser Of luxurious taste may Sc
.ure royal octave edition in five volumes
printed in plea type and bound in Turkey
morocco boards, with gilt edges, for $50. So
There are to be in all six editions and TWEEN
y-three styles Of binding The parallel
bible" the authorized version-will doubt
less suit the scholar who desires to make a
lose comparison. 1t is to be crown quar-
TO edition, printed in minion type, and az
TO price s. will secure the book in cloth
boards, $l4 a Persian morocco binding, and
k1S a cover Of Turkey morocco.
The interest OF the public and even Of the
booksellers in the publication of the revised
I'D testament appears thus far to be Of
'ather quiet sort, and such excitement as
attended the issue of the new testament
ihree years ago is not anticipated The
Harpers, however, state that there is fair
iemand for the new bible, and the Nelson's
report that they have received q greater
number Of orders than they had obtained for
the new testament at about the same period
prior to publication, although the aggre-
gate quantity ordered is somewhat less It
IS said, too, that the universities have printed
4 much larger number of bibles than that at
first supposed to be sufficient to meet the de-
nand.
As to comparison Of the old and new YER
,ions OF the old testament nothing can be
'aid at present, as the translators keep their
OWN counsel. Every precaution has been
taken to prevent a premature issue of the
work, and to prevent stray copies from get
ling out before the day of delivery 1t is
asserted that the two universities and the
three American houses who are to act as
agents are working in perfect harmony in
the matter, in proof Of which the fact that
the Oxford and Cambridge bibles are printed
from the same set of types is mentioned. All
the editions to be offered in America are i'm
ported from England in the completed state,
no sheets even having been sent forward for
binding. Whatever arrangements may
have been made for reprinting must await
the issue OF the English work in the pre-
scribed form.