Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1881 — The New Bible—Quick Work [ARTICLE]

The New Bible—Quick Work

The new version of tbe New Testament, which ha* been so many year* in course of translation, and which is unquestionably the most important literary enterprise this centuty ba* seen, ia being waits I for with curiosity and anxiety by hundreds of thou*, aids. It is not geneily known that a first edition of 500,000 coptra has already bem manufactured in Kngland, and 100,000 cop* ies are said to be already in New York City, nut one of them permitted to be s >ld. They are awaitity a t« legram from the authorities in England eu:borixing their iraue. The first copic.- dan only be had at tho extravagant price.of JtO per copy. The Literary Revolution proposes fully to tueet the demands which its arn*y of friends are wak. inj upon it by doing prol-ably the quickest work in book-making which has ever yet been accomplished. Arrangements have been fully made to put the entire book into type inside of 24 hours from the time a piii ted copy of tbe English edition ean be procured, and within three days st least 10, 000 copies will be bound ready for delivery to wailing purchaser*, and at least 500 copies will be manufactured every day therafter, until the demand is met. Il will be printed in large, beautiful type neatly and strongly bound in cloth, in n vo u>u of ab >ut 500 pages, anil sold at the nominal price of 30 cents. A fine edition in half Russia, {il. top, will be sold for GO c. nts, and one in full Turkey morocco, guilt edges, for Of course, the popular demand will be enot m us. Orders will be filled in the <-rder in which they are received, with remittance. Amencan Book Exchange, New York.