Hughes, B, Morlais. Four Thousand and Seventy-Four Proverbs and Wise Words, Selected and Arranged Alphabetically. Wilkes-Barre, Pa: Robert Baur & Son, Printers | J. W. Raeder, Binder, 1894. First Edition. [10682]
Wine-colored pebble cloth with bright gilt title, cloth is bordered in blind, very clean, 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Copyright is stamped in ink on the verso of the tp, which is a bit unusual. 256 clean pp., each chapter with head & tail pieces. Very good. Hardcover.
"This book is a treasury of wisdom and wit. It is international and undenominational in its character." - Rev. J. M., Lloyd, Ph.D., Pastor First Baptist Church, Parsons, Pa.
"This volume is like a field full of precious pearls." - Rev. Thomas Jenkins, Pastor of the Welsh M. E. Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Rev. Benjamin Morlais Hughes was once pastor of the Welsh Congregational Church in Mauch Chunk Township, now known as Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. We find records of him preaching in various Congregational churches in Pennsylvania.
