The work is to be completed in three volumes, containing each about 500 pages, Vols. I. and II. now ready.
Vol. I. includes Hebrew story from the Creation to the time of Nehemiah, as in the Hebrew canon.
Vol. II. is devoted to Hebrew poetry and prophecy.
Vol. III. will contain the selections from the Christian Scriptures.
The volumes are handsomely printed in 12mo form, and with an open, readable page, not arranged in verses, but paragraphed according to the sense of the narrative.
Each volume is complete in itself, and will be sold separately at $1.50.
The editors say in their announcement: "Our object is to remove stones of stumbling from the path of young readers by presenting Scriptures to them in a form as intelligible and as instructive as may be practicable. This plan involves some re-arrangements and omissions, before which we have not hesitated, inasmuch as our proposed work will not claim to be the Bible, but an introduction to it. That we may avoid imposing our own interpretation upon Holy Writ, it will be our endeavor to make Scripture serve as the commentary on Scripture. In the treatment of the Prophets of the Old Testament and the Epistles of the New Testament, it will not be practicable entirely to avoid comment, but no attempt will be made to pronounce upon doctrinal questions."
The first volume is divided into four parts:
PART I.--Hebrew Story, from the Beginning to the Time of Saul. " II.--The Kingdom of all Israel. " III.--Samaria, or the Northern Kingdom. " IV.--Judah, from Rehoboam to the Exile.
PART I.--Hebrew History from the Exile To Nehemiah. " II.--Hebrew Legislation. " III.--Hebrew Tales. " IV.--Hebrew Prophecy. " V.--Hebrew Poetry. " VI.--Hebrew Wisdom.
The third volume will comprise the selections from the New Testament, arranged as follows:
I.--The Gospel according to St. Mark, Presenting the Evangelical Story in its Simplest Form; Supplemented by Selections from St. Matthew and St. Luke. II.--The Acts of the Apostles, with some Indication of the Probable Place of the Epistles in the Narrative. III.--The Epistles of St. James and the First Epistle of St. Peter. IV.--The Epistles of St. Paul. V.--The Epistle to the Hebrews. VI.--The Revelation of St. John (A Portion). VII.--The First Epistle of St. John. VIII.--The Gospel of St. John.