Robinson, Charles S. A Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir. New-York: The Century Co., 1881. [9257]
Black leather spine with black cloth boards, binding is worn at the edges, short crack to top of front hinge, previous owner's name in gilt on the front cover. Extra verse for the hymn "America" tipped to the ffep (see below). vi., 441 pp., tight. A little foxing to the first and last leaves. Good. Hardcover.
Includes a small paper tipped to the ffep, reflecting either the times of the Spanish-American War, or WWI. "5th verse, 'America'. God bless our men in arms | Far off mid war's alarms, | On sea and land. | Make them victorious, | Patient and chivalrous, | Bring them safe home to us, | By thy strong hand."
The music is in round notes.
Charles Seymour Robinson (1829-1899), b. Bennington, Vermont; educated at Williams College, Union Seminary (NY), and Princeton. A Presbyterian, Robinson was pastor of churches at Troy, NY; Brooklyn, NY; Paris,France; and New York City. He was for a brief period the editor of the Illustrated Christian Weekly. He composed several hymns, and edited several very successful hymnals.
