The village in the mountains
Subtitle: Conversion of Peter Bayssiere ; and, History of a Bible
Contributors: Wilder, Sampson Vryling Stoddard, 1780-1865, author; Bayssière, Pierre
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: American Tract Society, 150 Nassau St.
Published: 1851
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Conversion; Personal narratives; Protestant converts; Anti-Catholicism; Doctrines; Protestant authors; Reading; Books; Fiction; Christian life; Biblical teaching; Christian literature; Publishing; Catholic Church; Bible
Other titles: Village in the mountains ; Conversion of Peter Bayssiere ; and, History of a Bible.; Conversion of Peter Bayssiere.; History of a Bible.
Description: "The village in the mountains" is an account of an American's missionary activity in a French village, based on the letters of his widow, in French, deposited at the American Tract Society. Cf. Page 39. Attributed to S.V.S. Wilder in NUC Pre-1956 imprints.

"History of a Bible" is the story of a Bible's experience and influence on it's readers as it moves from owner to owner.
Notes: The American Tract Society was first located at 150 Nassau St., New York, in 1832. A new typeface was introduced in 1848. The Baldwin Library copy is printed in the new typeface. One copy bears an inscription dated 1851.

Double paging; each tract also paged separately.

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Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Table of contents: title: The village in the mountain; title: Conversion of Peter Bayssiere : from the Romish Church to the Protestant faith : in a letter to his children : translated from the French; title: The history of a Bible.