The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15

was the limi ted edition of the prayer
book that it was decided 70 print an edition
of the altar-book on similar lines, in
manner as sumptuous as possible.
The book contains the collects, epistles
and gospels to be used throughout the year;
the order for the administration of the
Lords Supper, or holy communion; the
collects, epistles and gospels for the COM
munion Of the sick, for the visitation of
prisoners, for Thanksgiving day, for the
ordering of deacons, for the ordering OF
priests, and the conservation OF Bishops,
and for the conservation of church or
chapel. In addition, the musical notation
OF such parts of these services as may be
said or sung by the priest is given, the
music being so arranged that it shall not
necessarily interfere with the custom of
those priests VINO do not lntone the service.
The text follows exactly the revised StaIfd-
ard Book of Common Prayer of 1892. The
authorization of the work is shown by the
certificate of the Rev. DR.. Samuel Hart,
custodian of the Standard Book of Com
mon Prayer.
Original illustrations form the most
striking feature of the volume. These in
clude pictures suitable to the festivals of
Christmas, Easter. Ascension, Whit Sun
day and Trinity. The first Sunday in Ad-
vent is faced by a representation of Moses
lifting up the serpent in the wilderness, as
the Old Testament type of the crucifixion,
and the series closes with a plate facing
the prayer of conservation, representing
the cruciixion. These pictures are the
work of Robert Aiming Bell of Liverpool,
designer in the from. rank of English
artists. All of the seven plates in the book
are surrounded by decorated borders in
black and white, which are the work of
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, and the
pages opposite each plate have borders
surrounding the gospel for the festival OF
the same laborate character. All the
fourteen borders differ, and every collect,
epistle and gospel begins with an initial
letter designed by Mr.. Goodhue. Upon
the large letters for each collect there is a
shield or scroll, bearing, from the first
Sunday in Advent to Trinity Sunday,
symbols OF the seasons or saints to which
the collect is proper, and for the Sundays
after Trinity the names of the cardinal
virtues, the gifts of the spirit, etc., in
| Latin.
| In the border for Christmas day bats and
moles are interviewer in foliage, signifying
the darkness of the old dispensation, while
| owls hold in their talons scrolls bearing
tie names of the patriarchs, the major
| prophets, etc. The Easter border contains
| peacocks, the ancient emblem of the res
| direction, holding in their place scrolls
/ bearing the names of the four evangelists,
| the doctors of the church especially asso-
| ciated with the prayerbook, and the three
Marys, as typical of the light of the new
| dispensation and the triumph of the
| church over the synagogue. Sir John
| Stainer has supervised the musical part of
| the book. The book is an imperial folio,
| II by Is inches. The edition is limited to
| $50 copies. Among the subscribers to the
| work in this city are J. Pierpont Morgan
! and other men of prominence and wealth
| in the Episcopal church.-New York Sun.