MS Princeton University, Parrish Collection
Dear Madam
The best modern prints in point of art are Hoffman’s series, uncoloured, only the Gospels.2 I have seen a beautiful edition given by the Duchess of Albany to Bishop Harold Browne’s grandchildren. I think they could be had from Williams and Norgate. The only fault is a certain weakness in the Divine face. There is a fairly good series of ‘Sunday Picture books’ – each little book /6 -drawn by André edited by Rev Theodore Johnston published by Dean, 160 Piccadilly. The pictures are square the size of this sheet of paper, coloured but well and artistically and quite reverent. Some of the parables are really beautiful
Nelson has a nice little shilling set on the Nativity. Some of SPCK are good, others the reverse. The history of Joseph is well done.
I think the book you recollect must have been Schnorr’s Bibel in Bildern. Masters (I think) reprinted it but hardly as well and with omissions some desirable
The Religious Tract Society has a series some very pretty – but neither artistic nor archaic
I have collected for many years to make up a series for Sunday Lessons and Gospels
Yours truly
C M Yonge