The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-24
MRS. CHARLES G. BOSHER.

comics extant, of which only four are
nerfect One of these ten copies IS in
tho Bodlelan library There has never
before been an exact fac smile OF TINS
very rare and important book Issued
,rhe first edition of the Bay Psalm
Book was printed by Stephen Daye al
Cambridge, Mass. in 1910.
Tho desire for Il translation OF tho
psalms, which would express more eS-
actly the meaning Of the original Elc-
brew than those In use at that time, leo
tn tho undertaking or the new version,
About the year 1886 the principal divines
OF the country took each of them pop
ton to be translated. The principal part.
we are told was committed to Mr.. Rlcn-
ard Mather, minister of tho Church IN
Dorchester, who probably wrote the pre-
face aso. and to Mr.. Thomas. Weld ana
Mr.. John Eliot. associate ministers OF
the Church In Roxbury.
In 164o the work OF printing this new
version was completed, and thus this
book as Thomas Prince expresses It,
had the honor Of being the first DOCK
printed In North America.
Tho new Psalm Book was adopted at
once nv nearly every congregation IN the
Colony of Massachusetts Bay, and Tor
that reason 1t came to be known as the
Bay Psalm Book. se
The valuable introduction to this rae
simie reprint by Mr.. Eames gives de-
tailed account Of the book and tho causes
which led to it's printing; 1t also siVes
, ths location and ownership OF the ten
known copies.
This exact Photographic fac smile for
the first time places within the reach OF
the hundreds of public libraries through
| out tho country and of the numerous
| collectors Of rare books the opportunity
! of seeing how tho first book printed III
| America looked.
"rEIE #coLoNEL's OPERA CLOAK
By Christine c. Brush. Published by
Little Brown and Company, Boston
Price, $3.50
A Southern family soIouring at the
North furnishes material for satirlca
treatment In this abundantly illustrated
| hook. TIN, author announces IN tho
preface that, after reviewing all tho
characters she handles, she was obllgee
to choose for her hero the "Colonels
Opern Cloak" She was probably influ
,enced by the fact that none OF her othe,
creations were more animate than TN
scxlcss thing she chose. a novel ldea,..
the importance given this old cloak, whic.
had TO be hauled In after every Incl
dent. forgotten except as a possible relle
from the banality of the incident re
lated.
The st. Johns mprovident, irrespon
sible unreal. have rented very hnnd
some home in q Northern city wher
they live on money the absent cosone
infrcauently sends. Mrs. ST. Johns weak
: nesscs are but travesties, and her tw
bows. who amuse themselves by film
the parlor ceiling with "spit-bals" an
jumping from the piano to the shu
: parlor chairs are exaggerated, even 70
bad boys. Pomp, the attentive, faithft
ex-save, tries continually to hold tn
3 disorderly house together Mrs. st. jon
] spends most of her time In bed. III
8 boys meet little Ned Douglas IN tn
j. streets and through Ned the Dougla
i family becomes interested In the S
d Johns. Leslie st, John, tho lmpoverlshe
;. niece of the colonel, finally marrhes Tol
Douglas. His visits to Leslie, and h
mothers visits to Mrs. st, John gi'
G abundant opportunity to show In harm
y ..ss satire the improvidence. eNtrnvi
" gance and shiflcssness Of this uproott
/, family Is 1t not rather too stron
IL though, when the boys are related
have spent twenty-five dollars In sing
n afternoon on footballs and jack kniVe