Tayler, Charles B. Lady Mary; or, Not of the World. New-York: Stanford and Swords, 1845. [7681]
Black blindstamped publisher's cloth, titles in gilt to spine, binding quite worn with exposed board edges, corners, and spine ends. Top 2" of backstrip repasted to spine, 5 x 7 1/2 inches, binding signed "Colton & Jenkins, Binders, New York." 276 pp., foxing, 12 pp. publisher's catalogue. Fair. Hardcover.
A story written to for the higher classes of society, to impress upon them the claims of the gospel.
"They also have immortal souls, their station is one of particular peril, and our blessed Lord has addressed some of his severest admonitions and most awful warnings to them. Their influence is great, their example of considerable importance, their responsibility before God is proportionate. I have, therefore, endeavored to write also for the noble and the rich; and to attack, with 'weapons which are not carnal but mighty before God,' the strong holds of the adversary among the worldly and among those who are lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God." - Preface.
Charles Benjamin Tayler (1787-1875), b. Essex, England. He was an evangelical Anglican, educated at Trinity College, and the pastor of St. Peter's, Chester.
