Lowrie. A Manual of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

Lowrie, John C. A Manual of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. New York: William Rankin, Jr., 1868. Third Edition. [7941] Russet cloth with blind-stamped boards, gilt titles and border to spine, 5 x 7 3/4 inches, bookplate "Williams Proudfit Teachers' Library" inside front. 359 clean pp., tight. 13 x 8 1/2 inch folding map in color dated 1868 and executed by Colton's of New York City, of the Indian Tribes within the United States, made expressly for this work. Map is in fine condition. After a description of the importance of Christian missions and of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, there are chapters on their missions among American Indians, in Western Africa, North India, Siam, China, Japan, in Roman Catholic Countries, and to the Jews. There is list of missionaries and years served, as well as 150 pages of memoirs of individual missionaries. Finally, the Appendix has statistics and other matter relating to Protestant world mi