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Show TESTAMENT FPU AN UMPnBSS. lhln' Notrr.lsn II. II.. (o.tll..l Co(j I er I rlnlnl. Prom letl . Weekly Tho poorest can now ( tho new testament In English tr n nickel nnd yet strange contrast' perhaps tho most sumptuous sumptu-ous copy of the new testament In existence ex-istence is that splendid Million do luxe presented to tho dowager empress ot China on the occasion of her sixtieth birthday, tho presentation having been made In due form by tho Ilrltlsh and I American ministers The book Is a royal quarto volume, 2x10x13 Inches in slto and was manufactured by the Presbyterian press and Canton silversmiths silver-smiths It tins silver covers, embossod with bamboo and bird designs, nnd li printed on the finest paper with the largest type, and with a border of gold encircling each page It was encased In n solid alher casket, ornamented with symbolical designs, the whole weighing 10V4 pounds, and upon the cover ot tho casket thcro Is a gold Plato which relates that the book Is tho gift ot tho Christian women In China, Not long after tho presentation presenta-tion of this magnificent volumo the eunuchs wcro sent from tho palace to the bookstoro to ask for a common copy, so that tho empress end ber ladles might comparo tho two texts. Hurcly tho circulation ot such a book Is one of tho wonders if ihi-iw ' "AgeVabnotrWllllerTuocUsloinJstSwi Its Inflnllo variety." |