Nicholas Smith
Published: 2015-06-12
Total Pages: 338
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Excerpt from Hymns Historically Famous The author acknowledges his obligations to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin Co., for permission to use hymns by Whittier and Holmes; to The John Church Company, for the hymn by Spafford; and to Mr. James McGranahan, the composer, for the hymn by Dr. Cornelius. He is also indebted to The Biglow & Main Company for the popular portrait of Miss Crosby; to The A. D. F. Randolph Company for the best likeness extant of Mrs. Prentiss; to T. Fisher Unwin, the London publisher of the Life of Cowper, for the expressive face of the amiable poet; to The Macmillan Company, London and New York, for the profile of Keble; and to Marshall Denison Smith of Chicago, for the portraits of Toplady, Lyte, Elliott, Duffield, and Palmer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.