Mason (Mrs. Sophia). [One line syllabic characters.] Watts's first catechism | for | children, | the lord's prayer, the apostles' creed, and the ten commandments. | Translated by Mrs. Mason into the language of the | Cree Indians of Rupert's land, north-west America. |

May 7th, 1859. | 38, Craven Street, Strand [London].

Title verso printer 1 1. text (entirely in the Cree language, syllabic characters) pp. 3-8, 8°. Copies seen: Church Missionary Society, Eames, Pilling.

[One line syllabic characters. ] | A | first catechism | of | Christian Kuowledge, the lord's prayer, the apostles' creed, | and | the ten commandments. | For the Cree Indians of Rupert's land,] north-west America. | By Mrs. Mason. | London | printed for the | Society for promoting christian knowledge, | Great Queen St., Lincoln's-Inn Fields. | 1875.

Title verso printer 1 1. text (entirely in the Cree language, syllabic characters, except a few headings in English) pp. 3-14, 18°.

Catechism, pp. 3-8-Grace before meat, pp. 89.-Grace after meat, p. 9.-The lord's prayer, p. 10. The creed, pp. 10-11.-The ten command. ments, pp. 12-14.

Copies seen: Eames, Pilling. Mason (Rev. William).

[The gospel according to St. John, in the Cree language of Hudson's bay. Translated by the rev. William Mason, Rossville, Norway house.

Rossville mission press. 1851.]

No title-page; text in syllabic characters 54 unnumbered 11. 8°. A rough print, evidently struck off at the mission press, and probably prepared as copy" for an edition to be printed by the British and Foreign Bible Society, though I know of no edition of this gospel published near the date given on the fly-leaf, which contains a manuscript note signed "Elijah Hoole" and dated at London, 23 Nov. 1852, which "this book was executed 1851, by the Rev. W. Mason." The first page has seven verses of the gospel and a portion of the eighth.

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Copies seen: British and Foreign Bible Society.

Gospel of St. John in the Cree language, translated by the Wesleyan Missionaries.

York Factory, Hudson's Bay,1852. (*) 8°. Title from Bullen's catalogue of the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, p. 162, London, 1857. Perhaps this refers to the edition titled next above.

Mason (W.) -- Continued.

"In 1854, the British and Foreign Bible So. ciety undertook an edition of the Gospel of St. John in the syllabic character (a specimen of which is given above), prepared by the Rev. J. [sic] Mason, one of the missionaries connected with the Church Missionary Society. Mr. Mason has prepared a Cree version of the Psalms, both in the syllabic and the Roman character."Bagster's "Bible of Every Land," 1860, p. 450.

[The gospel of John, translated into the Cree language by the rev. William Mason.

York factory, 1856.]

No title-page; text in syllabic characters 53 unumbered 11. 8°. Roughly printed at the mission press as copy." A manuscript note on the first leaf says: "To be printed in England. A dot to be placed over the broad characters to denote the long vowel sound. W. Mason, Hudson's Bay York Factory, Sept. 11th 1856." The first page contains ten verses.

Copies seen: British and Foreign Bible Society.

[Gospel of Saint John in the Cree language; translated by the rev. Wm. Mason.]

Colophon: Rossville mission press. |

No title-page; text in syllabic characters pp. 1-40, 8°. Roughly printed at the mission press, probably as "copy" for the use of the British and Foreign Bible Society, which society issued the bible in 1861-'62 in these characters.

Paul to the Ephesians, pp. 1-14.-General epistle of James, pp. 14-24.-Second epistle general of Peter, pp. 24-30.-First epistle general of John, pp. 31-40.

Copies seen: British and Foreign Bible Society.