Antique Book, Sermons to Children by the Reverend Sabine Baring Gould and signed by his son Edward Sabine Baring Gould. Published in 1886 by Skeffington & Son, this is a fifth edition. 210 pages cloth covered hardback. In good tight condition with clean text.

Sabine Baring-Gould was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,240 publications. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers", and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carols "Gabriel's Message", and "Sing Lullaby" from Basque to English.

His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel.
 
The book measures 19 x 13.5cm (7.5" x 5.25").

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