Q: I’m am trying to find out info on this book (A Child’s Story of the New Testament). Can you help me out? One Syllable series, copyright 1900, by Henry Altemus.

A: Your book is part of the One-Syllable Series. http://henryaltemus.com/series/series137.htm. This series of books was written with small children in mind since the text mostly consists of one syllable words.

This series has four formats and this book is part of Format 2. This title however was not part of Format 1. Format two books can be separated into earlier and later versions by the coloring of the design on the left side of the cover. The later books are beige whereas the earlier books (your book) have been seen in various colors.

The books of this format all came with a brown uncoated dust jacket. See below.

For interest I am including pictures of this title in the Format 3 and Format 4 books.

Dust jacket of Format 2

Format 3

Format 4