Notes

Note 1. One hundred and six copies of the book are bound with some type of hardback binding; 18 are softcovers, or paperback. Of the 18 softcovers, 10 have what I call multicolored covers versus simple two-color covers, and all date from the 1940s, I think.

The hardback bindings are more interesting. The single most distinguishing feature is the embossed cover, with about 60, or nearly half, being of this design, which seems to have been popular from the 1820s through the 1920s. Of these 60 copies, at least 15 originally had multicolored embossed covers with two or more colors in addition to the color of the cloth. The next most frequently appearing characteristic on the hardback bound books is the use of leather, or vellum, for binding, or some use of those materials in the spine or corners of the binding. 29 copies fit that description; the earliest copies were bound that way, of course, but leather still found a place as late as the 1920s, albeit in forms of much lesser quality.

Of the leather bindings, one, a German edition, contains metal clasps with which to fasten the covers together. 5 covers utilized marble boards on the outside, most in conjunction with leather spines or corners. Of the 106 hardback bindings, 14 still have their dustjackets (or remnants thereof), and 3 were produced in boxed editions.

Note 2. The publishers' series are: Hurst & Co.'s Arlington Edition, Belford-Clarke's Caxton Edition, Everyman's Library, A. & C. Black's Books for Children, the Harvard Classic, J. M. Dent's Temple Classics, Noel Douglas's Replicas, the Modern Library Edition, Thomas Crowell's Handy Volume Classics, the Heritage Book Club Edition, Moody Press's Wycliffe Series of Christian Classics, Books Inc.'s University Library of Classics, the "One Evening" Condensed Book Series, MacMillian's Golden Treasure Series, World's Living Age Books, and an unnamed series produced by J. B. Lippincot.

Note 3. One British citizen wrote in the cover of his 1799 edition "Stev: Franks; Gedney. 1801." S. Hailstone wrote only his name in the cover of an 1814 edition, as did Henry Watson, Jr. of Newmarket in his 1819 copy. An otherwise clean copy printed in 1831 contains a leaf, and a child's scribbling. Gertrude W. Stevens just wrote her name inside the cover in her late 19th-century edition. A German edition of 1890 contains a name and address in the back "Nils. A. Nelson. 38 Franklin Ave. West Orange N.Y. U.S.A." and a Christmas card bearing the printed date 1918-1919. Eva Weinhold Bishop wrote her name on the title page of an early 20th-century copy on 28 July 1904, Mary Farmer of Fries, Virginia, signed her early 20th-century copy on one of the advertisement pages in the back of the book, and Harry W. Brenner, Jr. just wrote his name in his 1904 copy. Robert Taylor just signed his name in his 1965 Penguin classic, as did Liz Richardson in her 1975 Spire Books copy.

Note 4. The libraries that at one time owned some of the printings includes schools, university, and personal, as well as Sunday school libraries from Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Mennonite, and non-denominational churches. For instance, Carrie L. Stanley signed her late 19th-century copy on 10 September 1892, and an ink stamp made later reads "Library of Stanley White Please Return." An early 20th-century printing contains an ink stamp that reads "Moray House Demonstration School" as well as an embossed stamp that reads "Library of BBG Brad Gadberry."

Note 5. The list reads:

Slough Despond
Interpreter's house
Looses Burden at Cross
Hill Difficulty
Palace beatiful
Lions
Talk with ----
Fight with Appollyon
Shadow of death
Giants Pope Pagan
Vanity Fair
Giant Despair

Note 6. The clipping reads: "John Bunyan, if he were alive, would have been rather astonished that a first edition of his `Pilgrim's Progress' sold at Sotheby's for œ1,475, the original selling price probably being a shilling or two. So rare is this first edition that in 1854 Macaulay wrote: `The Pilgrim's Progress stole silently into the world. Not a single copy of the first edition is known to be in existence. The year of publication has not been ascertained.' There is little doubt but that the essayist's words have since produced the five known copies, including that now sold, which bears the date 1678, and was printed `for Nath. Ponder at the Peacock in the Poultry, near Cornhill.'"

Note 7. Clipping from contemporary newspaper of the christening of Queen Victoria of England:

Christening of the Infant Princess of Hesse
The christening of the infant princess, daughter of their Royal Highnesses the Prince Louis of Hesse and the Princess Louis of Hesse (Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland), took place on Monday at one o'clock, in the Green Drawing-room at Windsor Castle, according to the rites of the Lutheran Church. The baptism was performed in German by the Rev. M. Bender, Court Chaplain to the Grand Ducal Family of Hesse, who travelled from Darmstadt specially to officiate upon this occasion. At the commencement of the service a hymn, composed by J. R. Able, 1664, was sung by the gentlemen and boys of the choir of St. George's Chapel. The sponsors present were her Majesty the Queen, his Grand Ducal Highness Prince Alexander of Hesse (representing the Grand Duke of Hesse), her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and his Grand Ducal Highness Prince Henry of Hesse. Her Majesty and the other sponsors occupied seats on the south side of the room. The infant was named by the Queen, who held the child at the font, "Victoria Alberta Elizabeth Matilda Mary." The font of silver gilt used upon this occasion was originally made for the christening of the Princess Royal, and was filled with water brought from the River Jordan by the Prince of Wales. The Rev. Mr. Walbaum assisted at the performance of the sacred rite. At the conclusion of the service, a hymn composed by Martin Luther, 1529, was sung by the choir:--

A sure stronghold our God is He,
A trusty shield and weapon;
Our help He'll be and set us free
From ev'ry ill can happen.
That old malicious foe
Means us deadly woe;
Arm'd with might from hell,
And deepest craft as well,
On earth is not his fellow.

After the ceremony, the Royal family were conducted to the White Room, where a register of the baptism was signed, and the general company to the Dining Room. A d‚je–ner was served. The christening cake was ornamented with the Arms of Hesse, and also with bouquets of flowers and rows of pearls. The distinguished company invited to the christening quitted the Castle in the afternoon.

Note 8. Clipping from a Shenandoah Valley newspaper:

Reminences of Henry Ney
He is gone, and "We shall miss him.
He has left "a vacant chair;"
Folks may linger where he met them,
Now he sits no longer there.

Note 9. Isaiah 41:10 reads: "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen the; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."