Golden hymns
Subtitle: selected form the following popular works, viz. : The golden chain, The golden shower, The golden censer, The Sunday S. banner, The Plymouth S. S. collection, Praises of Jesus
Contributors: Metcalf, Frank J. (Frank Metcalf), 1865-1945, former owner
Publisher: published by Wm. B. Bradbury
Published: 1866
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: English Hymns; Christian poetry; Sunday school music; Missions; Hymns
Other titles: Golden chain; Golden shower; Golden censer; Sunday S. banner; Plymouth S. S. collection; Praises of Jesus
Notes: Signatures (estimated) : [5] gatherings of [8] leaves ; [1] gathering (4th) of [6] leaves ; wove paper.

111 hymns ; without music ; each headed by title, source, and page number in source.

Includes index : "Index of first lines -- p. 94-96.

Copyright statement : dated 1866 -- p. [2].

Preface : "These hymns have been selected from the six most popular Sunday school music books of the day ... in answer to repeated applications from mission and other schools not able to supply themselves fully with the music books ..." -- p. [2].

Includes verses by L. Baxter, Mrs. E. M. Sangster, Kate Cameron, William Hunter, Fanny Crosby, Lily, and George Lansing Taylor.

Yellow paper covers ; front cover bears t.p. information ; back cover bears advertisement for publisher ; signatures sewn with single thread ; paper covers adhered directly to spine.