Q: I found this (John Ploughman’s Talk) in a box of books given to me recently. It’s priceless to me, since Spurgeon is one of my favorite authors. In other words, I don’t care so much about whether or not it has inherent value, but I would like to know a little about it. Best I can tell, it’s from the Devotional Series? 1896? The copyright date inside is 1896. Couldn’t find this cover (in particular) on the Devotional Series page, but is there anything else you can tell me about it?

A: Your book can be found here: http://henryaltemus.com/series/series99.htm

It is not part of the Devotional Series but rather part of the Golden Treasury Series.