Bible Reader Images
Book details
- Title
- Bible Reader Images
- Author
- Francina Eglee Hannah Haines The
- Publication year listed
- 1862
- Format
- Public domain eBook
- Reading access
- Free online reader; no registration required
- Source record
- View on Archive.org
About this book
Bible Reader Images
Author: Haines, F. E. H.
Year: 1862
Title: The Bible Reader; or, Scripture Reading Made Easy. Part I. Author: Francina Eglee Hannah Haines Publisher: American Sunday School Union Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Publication Year: 1862 Length: 168 pages Note: Though no author is listed, the book was written by Francina Eglee Hannah Haines. The Presbyterian Historical Society has a letter from her son, Francis Stoddard Haines, that clearly indicates his mother wrote the book. This pre-publication copy appears to have belonged to her. I purchased this from an antiquarian bookseller who acquired it from an estate sale for the Putnam, Barrell and Haines families. It was purportedly found in a trunk of old letters dating from the American Revolutionary War through the Civil War. This document was accompanied two supplementary documents which are uploaded separately. The book was created specifically to teach formerly enslaved people how to read. The book is composed almost entirely of bible verses and vocabulary lists. Selections are arranged according to difficulty, so that students can begin by reading short, simple passages and proceed through more complicated content. The author also arranged the passages