THE MADONNA OF THE CHAIR, BY RAPHAEL

IN THE PITTI PALACE, FLORENCE

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THE BIBLE
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

ARRANGED FROM THE
KING JAMES VERSION

WITH TWENTY-FOUR FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM OLD MASTERS

The Century Co.
NEW YORK

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PUBLISHERS' NOTE

The Bible for Young People tells the sweet and simple storiesof the Bible in the Bible language, omitting only genealogies anddoctrines, and whatever is generally regarded as unprofitable toyoung readers. Moreover, it is so divided into subjects, formingcomplete stories, that the child will be interested in every part of it.The life of Jesus is put together in a continuous account taken fromthe four Evangelists; and while there are omissions and changes,the wording and spelling of the King James version remain the same.

Verse divisions have been disregarded, and a totally new systemof chapters introduced in place of the familiar ones, and it is hopedthat this novelty will give fresh interest to the old book. One ofthe features which will be appreciated is the table of contents, givingthe subject of each book and its subdivisions, so that one mayreadily turn to any Bible story of which he is in search.

With great discrimination and sympathy, the compiler, Mrs.Joseph B. Gilder, has accomplished this task, and the book nowstands as the embodiment of what is universally considered thebest in the Bible for young people, "best" meaning here what ismost suited to the minds of girls and boys and appropriate to theirmoral range.

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